Casting for determinants of blastocyst yield and of rates of implantation and of pregnancy after blastocyst transfers

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1055-1064

  Stone, Bronte A ^a,b   March, Charles M ^c   Ringler, Guy E ^c   Baek, Kelly J ^c   Marrs, Richard P ^b,c  

^a Reproductive Technology Laboratories   (United States)

^b Utah Fertility Partners   (United States)

^c California Fertility Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocyst formation; implantation pregnancy; Oocyte yield; uterine receptivity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROLACTIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMBRYO CULTURE; MATERNAL AGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908241748     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.06.049     Document Type: Article

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