Day 3 ET, single blastocyst transfer (SBT) or frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET): Which is preferable for high responder patients in IVF/ICSI cycles?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 275-278

  Wu, Keliang ^a   Zhao, Haibin ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Li, Mei ^a   Ma, Shuiying ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Chen, Zi Jiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS   (China)

Author keywords

Day 3 embryo transfer; High responder patients; IVF ICSI cycles; SBT

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; FROZEN THAWED EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLASTOCYST TRANSFER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84896086569     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0156-1     Document Type: Article

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