Morphokinetic parameters of early embryo development via time lapse monitoring and their effect on embryo selection and ICSI outcomes: a prospective cohort study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 563-570

  Siristatidis, Charalampos ^a   Komitopoulou, Maria Aggeliki ^b   Makris, Andreas ^b   Sialakouma, Afrodite ^b   Botzaki, Mitrodora ^b   Mastorakos, George ^c   Salamalekis, George ^a   Bettocchi, Stefano ^d   Palmer, Giles Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MITERA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; ICSI; IVF; Pregnancy; Time Lapse Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939998169     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-015-0436-z     Document Type: Article

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