Sibling embryo blastocyst development as a prognostic factor for the outcome of day-3 embryo transfer

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 486-490

  MacKenna, Antonio ^a   Crosby, Javier ^a   Zegers Hochschild, Fernando ^a,b  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

blastocysts; cumulative live birth rate; cumulative pregnancy rate; sibling embryos

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIBLINGS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84877062408     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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