Embryo quality is the main factor affecting cumulative live birth rate after elective single embryo transfer in fresh stimulation cycles

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 194, Issue , 2015, Pages 131-135

  Niinimäki, Maarit ^a,b   Veleva, Zdravka ^c   Martikainen, Hannu ^a,b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cumulative live birth rate; Elective single embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO QUALITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TWIN PREGNANCY; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; INFERTILITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945961180     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2015.08.031     Document Type: Article

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