The association between embryo quality and perinatal outcome of singletons born after single embryo transfers: A pilot study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1444-1451

  Oron, Galia ^a   Son, Weon Young ^a   Buckett, William ^a   Tulandi, Togas ^a   Holzer, Hananel ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

embryo quality; pregnancy outcome; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PILOT STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; CYTOLOGY; DONOR; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRICS; OOCYTE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRICS; OOCYTES; PILOT PROJECTS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84902668730     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu079     Document Type: Article

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