Extended embryo culture is not associated with increased adverse obstetric or perinatal outcome

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165.e1-165.e7

  Oron, Galia ^a   Sokal Arnon, Tamar ^a   Son, Weon Young ^a   Demirtas, Ezgi ^a   Buckett, William ^a   Zeadna, Atef ^a   Holzer, Hananel ^a   Tulandi, Togas ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

blastocyst transfer; pregnancy complications; single embryo transfer; transfer day

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; BODY MASS; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN DISEASE; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN RESERVE; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PARITY; PATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL OUTCOME; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE;

BLASTOCYST TRANSFER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TRANSFER DAY;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84905119004     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.03.018     Document Type: Article

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