Frozen-thawed day 5 blastocyst transfer is associated with a lower risk of ectopic pregnancy than day 3 transfer and fresh transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 655-661.e3

  Fang, Cong ^a   Huang, Rui ^a   Wei, Li Na ^a   Jia, Lei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; ectopic pregnancy; embryo; IVF; ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; LONG ACTING DRUG; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; FREEZING; INFERTILITY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84926050001     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.11.023     Document Type: Article

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