Number of embryos for transfer following in vitro fertilisation or intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Pandian, Zabeena ^a   Marjoribanks, Jane ^b   Ozturk, Ozkan ^c   Serour, Gamal ^d   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^a  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CEREBRAL PALSY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSEMINATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRANSPLANTATION;

BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84891642671     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003416.pub4     Document Type: Review

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