Day 3 embryo shape as a morphologic selection parameter in in vitro fertilization

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1135-1139

  Kamran, Sophia C ^a   Reichman, David E ^c   Missmer, Stacey A ^b,d   Correia, Katharine F ^b   Karaca, Nilay ^b   Romano, Aasia ^b   Racowsky, Catherine ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Day 3 embryo shape; Embryo morphology; Implantation; IVF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVE BIRTH; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871304940     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9842-7     Document Type: Article

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