Can comprehensive chromosome screening technology improve IVF/ICSI outcomes? A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Minghao ^a   Wei, Shiyou ^b   Hu, Junyan ^c   Quan, Song ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPREHENSIVE CHROMOSOME SCREENING; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949035830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140779     Document Type: Article

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