Obstetric and neonatal outcomes after transfer of vitrified early cleavage embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2093-2100

  Liu, S Y ^a   Teng, B ^a   Fu, J ^a   Li, X ^a   Zheng, Y ^a   Sun, X X ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

cleavage stage embryo; cryopreservation; neonatal outcome; obstetric outcome; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TWINS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84880552019     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det104     Document Type: Article

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