Choosing the best embryo by time lapse versus standard morphology

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 323-332

  Kirkegaard, Kirstine ^a   Ahlström, Aishling ^b   Ingerslev, Hans Jakob ^a   Hardarson, Thorir ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Sahlsgrenska University Hospital   (Sweden)

^c Fertility Centre Gothenburg   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ART; Embryo selection; human; time lapse monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INCUBATOR; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TIME LAPSE MONITORING; WORKFLOW; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84923250806     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.11.003     Document Type: Review

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