Consistent and predictable delivery rates after oocyte vitrification: An observational longitudinal cohort multicentric study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1606-1612

  Rienzi, Laura ^a   Cobo, Ana ^b   Paffoni, Alessio ^c   Scarduelli, Claudia ^c   Capalbo, Antonio ^a   Vajta, Gbor ^d   Remoh, Jos ^b   Ragni, Guido ^c   Ubaldi, Filippo Maria ^a  

^a GENERA Centre for Reproductive Medicine   (Italy)

^b IVIE   (Spain)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d BGI Ark Biotechnology ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Delivery rate; Female age; Oocyte vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELIVERY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84861560631     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des088     Document Type: Article

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