Trophectoderm morphology significantly affects the rates of ongoing pregnancy and miscarriage in frozen-thawed single-blastocyst transfer cycle in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 361-367

  Honnma, Hiroyuki ^a   Baba, Tsuyoshi ^b   Sasaki, Masahiro ^a   Hashiba, Yoshiki ^a   Ohno, Hiroshi ^a   Fukunaga, Takanori ^a   Endo, Toshiaki ^b   Saito, Tsuyoshi ^b   Asada, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a Asada Lady's Clinic   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst grading; frozen thawed embryo transfer; logistic regression analysis; miscarriage rate; pregnancy rate; trophectoderm morphology

Indexed keywords

BUSERECURE; BUSERELIN; CETRORELIX; GANRELIX; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL EXPANSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FROZEN THAWED SINGLE BLASTOCYST TRANSFER CYCLE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INNER CELL MASS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHECTODERM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864457019     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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