Comparison of clinical outcomes between fresh embryo transfers and frozen-thawed embryo transfers

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 409-414

  Shen, Chunjuan ^a   Shu, Defeng ^a   Zhao, Xiaojie ^a   Gao, Ying ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Ectopic pregnancy; Embryo transfer; Endometrial receptivity; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRESH EMBRYO TRANSFER; FROZEN THAWED EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84916640138     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: 20082177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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