Obstetric and perinatal outcomes in singleton pregnancies resulting from the transfer of blastocyst-stage versus cleavage-stage embryos generated through in vitro fertilization treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Maheshwari, Abha ^a   Kalampokas, Theodoros ^b   Davidson, Jill ^c   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^c  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blastocyst; cleavage; ICSI; IVF; obstetric outcomes; perinatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; COMORBIDITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888434380     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.08.044     Document Type: Article

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