Effect of artificial shrinkage on clinical outcome in fresh blastocyst transfer cycles

Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-92

  Hur, Yong Soo ^a,b   Park, Jeong Hyun ^b   Ryu, Eun Kyung ^a   Yoon, Hae Jin ^a   Yoon, San Hyun ^c   Hur, Chang Young ^a   Lee, Won Don ^a   Lim, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Maria Infertility Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Fertility Research Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial shrinkage; Assisted hatching; Embryo transfer; Human; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864587764     PISSN: 22338233     EISSN: 22338241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2011.38.2.87     Document Type: Article

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