Embryo quality but not pronuclear score is associated with clinical pregnancy following IVF

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 279-283

  Berger, D S ^a   Zapantis, A ^a   Merhi, Z ^b   Younger, J ^c   Polotsky, A J ^d   Jindal, S K ^a,c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical pregnancy rates; Embryo grading; ICSI; IVF; PN scoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO QUALITY; EMBRYO SELECTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEAR SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; ZYGOTE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER;

EID: 84896068826     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0162-3     Document Type: Article

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