How should we choose the best embryo? A commentary on behalf of the British Fertility Society and the Association of Clinical Embryologists

Human Fertility

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 156-164

  Bolton, Virginia N ^a   Leary, Christine ^b   Harbottle, Stephen ^c   Cutting, Rachel ^d   Harper, Joyce C ^e  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embryo viability; human embryo; IVF

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LIVE BIRTH; METABOLOMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GREAT BRITAIN; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC TESTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84942363243     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2015.1072646     Document Type: Review

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