A comparison of pregnancy outcomes between day 3 and day 5/6 embryo transfers: does day of embryo transfer really make a difference?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 249-254

  Maxwell, Susan M ^a   Melzer Ross, Katherine ^b   McCulloh, David H ^a   Grifo, James A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Genesis Fertility and Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Blastocyst; Embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; LIVE BIRTH; PROCEDURES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

EID: 84925541563     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0404-z     Document Type: Article

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