Does the Number of Oocytes Retrieved Influence Pregnancy after Fresh Embryo Transfer?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Cai, Qianfang ^a   Wan, Fei ^b   Huang, Kai ^c   Zhang, Hanwang ^c  

^a Women and Children Hospital of Guangdong Province   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE COUNT; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84874034824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056189     Document Type: Article

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