Outcomes of day 3 embryo transfer with vitrification using Cryoleaf: A 3-year follow-up study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 883-889

  Wang, Xing Ling ^a,c   Zhang, Xiao ^b   Qin, Yao Qin ^c   Hao, Da Yong ^c   Shi, Hui Rong ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fernhurst House ^*  (Ireland)

^c ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Neonatal outcomes; Slow freezing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; FREEZE THAWING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE INFERTILITY; NEWBORN DISEASE; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84867404067     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9814-y     Document Type: Article

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