Characterization of a recurrent poor-quality embryo morphology phenotype and zygote transfer as a rescue strategy

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 403-409

  Sermondade, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Delarouzire, Vanina ^a,b   Ravel, Célia ^a,b   Berthaut, Isabelle ^a,b   Verstraete, Lieve ^a   Mathieu, Emmanuelle ^a   Antoine, Jean Marie ^a   Mandelbaum, Jacqueline ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

embryo fragmentation; IVF failure; zygote transfer

Indexed keywords

2 PRONUCLEI TRANSFER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELIVERY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECURRENCE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84859424234     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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