Single-embryo transfer of vitrified-warmed blastocysts yields equivalent live-birth rates and improved neonatal outcomes compared with fresh transfers

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Roy, Tammie K ^a   Bradley, Cara K ^a   Bowman, Mark C ^a   McArthur, Steven J ^a  

^a Genea   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; blastocyst; human; single embryo transfer; vitrification

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GANIRELIX; LEUPRORELIN; NAFARELIN ACETATE; OVIDRYL; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VITRIFICATION; HEAT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPEUTIC USE; TRENDS;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84899994982     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.01.046     Document Type: Article

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