Comparable clinical outcomes and live births after single vitrified-warmed and fresh blastocyst transfer

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 466-473

  Feng, Guixue ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Zhou, Hong ^a   Shu, Jinhui ^a   Gan, Xianyou ^a   Wu, Fangrong ^a   Deng, Xihe ^a  

^a MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

Author keywords

clinical pregnancy; implantation; single blastocyst transfer; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868355988     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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