Outcomes of singleton births after blastocyst versus nonblastocyst transfer in assisted reproductive technology

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 579-584

  Fernando, Dhanushi ^a   Halliday, Jane L ^b   Breheny, Susan ^c   Healy, David Lindsay ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; cleavage stage embryo; frozen thawed embryo transfer; ICSI; IVF; morula

Indexed keywords

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING HABIT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 84857787400     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.12.032     Document Type: Article

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