Effect of the site of assisted hatching on vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer cycles: A prospective randomized study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 691-697

  Ren, Xinling ^a   Liu, Qun ^a   Chen, Wen ^a   Zhu, Guijin ^a   Zhang, Hanwang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Blastocyst; Live birth rate; Pregnancy rate; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOCYST INNER CELL MASS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; VITRIFICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84878542889     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-9984-2     Document Type: Article

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