Coasting, embryo development and outcomes of blastocyst transfer: A case-control study

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-238

  Chahvar, Solmas Talebi ^a,b   Zosmer, Ariel ^a   Caragia, Alina ^a   Balestrini, Simona ^b   Sabatini, Luca ^a   Tranquilli, Andrea Luigi ^c   Al Shawaf, Talha ^a,c,d  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blastocysts; coasting; IVF; live birth; OHSS

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOCYST TRANSFER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COASTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; BLOOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84905584877     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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