A randomized clinical trial comparing embryo culture in a conventional incubator with a time-lapse incubator

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 565-572

  Kirkegaard, Kirstine ^a   Hindkjaer, Johnny Juhl ^a   Grøndahl, Marie Louise ^b   Kesmodel, Ulrik Schiøler ^a   Ingerslev, Hans Jakob ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ART; Embryo culture; Human; Safety; Time lapse monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CELL CULTURE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME LAPSE INCUBATOR;

ADULT; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INCUBATORS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 84864914489     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9750-x     Document Type: Article

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