Embryo culture media and IVF/ICSI success rates: A systematic review

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 210-220

  Mantikou, E ^a   Youssef, M A F M ^a,b,c   van wely, M ^a   van der veen, F ^a   Al inany, H G ^b   Repping, S ^a   Mastenbroek, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Egyptian International Fertility IVF Center (EIFC IVF)   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Culture medium; IVF ICSI; Live birth; Meta analysis; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84876790459     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dms061     Document Type: Article

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