Supernumerary blastocyst cryopreservation: A key prognostic indicator for patients opting for an elective single blastocyst transfer (eSBT)

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 783-788

  Mullin, Christine ^a   Berkeley, Alan S ^a   Grifo, Jamie A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cryopreservation; Single blastocyst transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLASTOCYST TRANSFER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINNING, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84867068132     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9788-9     Document Type: Article

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