Beware of the 'implantation rate'! Why the outcome parameter 'implantation rate' should be abandoned from infertility research

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 249-251

  Griesinger, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NOTE; PREGNANCY RATE; FEMALE; NIDATION; NOMENCLATURE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959864804     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev322     Document Type: Note

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