A prospective randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of artificial shrinkage (collapse) on the implantation potential of vitrified blastocysts

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2509-2518

  Van Landuyt, L ^a   Polyzos, N P ^a   De Munck, N ^a   Blockeel, C ^a   Van De Velde, H ^a   Verheyen, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

artificial shrinkage; blastocyst; collapse; implantation; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL BLASTOCYST SHRINKAGE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TWINS; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84946430569     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev218     Document Type: Article

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