Vitrification of blastocysts derived from fair to poor quality cleavage stage embryos can produce high pregnancy rates after warming

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1035-1042

  Shaw Jackson, Chloë ^a   Bertrand, Evelyne ^a   Becker, Bénédicte ^a   Colin, Jérôme ^a   Beaudoin Chabot, Caroline ^a   Rozenberg, Serge ^a   Autin, Candice ^a  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Day 3 embryo; Embryo quality; Embryo wastage; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84885592133     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0037-7     Document Type: Article

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