Quantitative and qualitative trophectoderm grading allows for prediction of live birth and gender

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-57

  Ebner, Thomas ^a   Tritscher, Katja ^b   Mayer, Richard B ^a,b,c   Oppelt, Peter ^a   Duba, Hans Christoph ^a   Maurer, Maria ^a   Schappacher Tilp, Gudrun ^c   Petek, Erwin ^b   Shebl, Omar ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Inner cell mass; Live birth; Neonatal outcome; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE TROPHECTODERM GRADING; QUANTITATIVE TROPHECTODERM GRADING; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLAST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST INNER CELL MASS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 84955199960     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-015-0609-9     Document Type: Article

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