Clinical outcomes following selection of human preimplantation embryos with time-lapse monitoring: A systematic review

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 617-631

  Kaser, Daniel J ^a   Racowsky, Catherine ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo selection; Implantation; Morphokinetics; Nomenclature; Time lapse monitoring

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOKINESIS; HATCHING; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORULA; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84906059104     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmu023     Document Type: Review

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