Selection of embryos for transfer in IVF: Ranking embryos based on their implantation potential using morphological scoring

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 222-230

  Van Loendersloot, Laura ^a   Van Wely, Madelon ^a   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick ^b   Repping, Sjoerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

embryo quality; embryo selection; ICSI; implantation; IVF

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO SELECTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC CATHETER; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGICAL SCORE; MORPHOLOGY; MORULA; NIDATION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBFERTILITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVULATION INDUCTION;

EID: 84905584241     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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