Prediction of live birth in frozen-thawed single blastocyst transfer cycles by pre-freeze and post-thaw morphology

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1199-1209

  Ahlstrom A ^a,b   Westin, C ^a,b   Wikland, M ^a,b   Hardarson, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Carlanderska Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

blastocyst; IVF; live birth; morphology; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL EXPANSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER CELL MASS; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84876592343     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det054     Document Type: Article

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