Should we advise patients undergoing IVF to start a cycle leading to a day 3 or a day 5 transfer?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2550-2554

  Kolibianakis, E M ^a   Zikopoulos, K ^a   Verpoest, W ^a   Camus, M ^a   Joris, H ^a   Van Steirteghem, A C ^a   Devroey, P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; Day 3 transfer; GnRH antagonists; Ongoing pregnancy rate; Recombinant FSH

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 8344282662     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh447     Document Type: Article

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