Outcome of embryo vitrification compared to slow freezing process at early cleavage stages. Report of the first French birth;Issue de la vitrification des embryons précoces versus congélation lente. Rapport de la première naissance franaise

Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 158-161

  Sifer, C ^a   Sermondade, N ^a   Dupont, C ^a   Poncelet, C ^a   Cedrin Durnerin I ^a   Hugues, J N ^a   Benzacken, B ^a   Levy, R ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical pregnancy rate; Intact survival rate; Slow freezing; Survival rate; Thawing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FREEZING; FROZEN THAWED EMBRYO TRANSFER; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVE BIRTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLOW FREEZING PROCEDURE; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84858335398     PISSN: 12979589     EISSN: 17696682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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