Time-lapse in the IVF-lab: How should we assess potential benefit?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-8

  Armstrong, S ^a   Vail, A ^a   Mastenbroek, S ^b   Jordan, V ^c   Farquhar, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

embryo incubation; IVF; IVF outcome; live birth; time lapse

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MORALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TIME LAPSE IMAGING; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; LITERATURE; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84922447811     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu250     Document Type: Review

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