Freeze-all policy: Fresh vs. frozen-thawed embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1190-1193

  Roque, Matheus ^a   Valle, Marcello ^a   Guimarães, Fernando ^a   Sampaio, Marcos ^b   Geber, Selmo ^b,c  

^a ORIGEN   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Medicina Reprodutiva   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

delayed frozen thawed embryo transfer; embryo cryopreservation; Freeze all; frozen thawed embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED OVARIAN STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; FRESH EMBRYO TRANSFER; FROZEN THAWED EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; POLICY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929506451     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.01.045     Document Type: Article

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