Neonatal outcomes after the transfer of vitrified blastocysts: Closed versus open vitrification system

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Yuan ^a,b   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a,b   Yan, Jie ^a,b   Qiao, Jie ^a,b   Liu, Ping ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Closed carrier; Open carrier; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; CLOSED VITRIFICATION SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN VITRIFICATION SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84887965762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-107     Document Type: Article

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