Minimal ovarian stimulation combined with elective single embryo transfer policy: Age-specific results of a large, single-centre, Japanese cohort

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kato, Keiichi ^a   Takehara, Yuji ^a   Segawa, Tomoya ^b   Kawachiya, Satoshi ^a   Okuno, Takashi ^a   Kobayashi, Tamotsu ^a   Bodri, Daniel ^a   Kato, Osamu ^a  

^a Kato Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

^b Shinbashi Yume Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction techniques; Elective single embryo transfer; Minimal stimulation; Natural cycle ivf

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; LETROZOLE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL OVARIAN STIMULATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN STIMULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLOMIPHENE; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MIDDLE AGED; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

EID: 84862206280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-10-35     Document Type: Article

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