Is it justified to transfer two embryos in oocyte donation? A pilot randomized clinical trial

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 154-161

  Clua, Elisabet ^a   Tur, Rosa ^a   Coroleu, Buenaventura ^a   Rodríguez, Ignacio ^a   Boada, Montserrat ^a   Gómez, Ma José ^a   Barri, Pedro Nolasc ^a   Veiga, Anna ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Stem Cell Bank   (Spain)

Author keywords

cumulative pregnancy rate; elective double embryo transfer (eDET); elective single embryo transfer (eSET); multiple pregnancy; oocyte donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE DONATION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECIPIENT; TWIN PREGNANCY; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTE DONATION; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84938414698     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.04.013     Document Type: Article

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