A prospective comparison of outcome following cryopreservation using vitrification vs. A modified slow-freeze protocol of 2 pronuclear (2PN) and day 3 multi-cell embryos

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 330-331

  Summers, D ^a   Check, J H ^a,b   Choe, J K ^a,b  

^a Mt ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

2 pronuclear embryos; Day 3 cleavage stage embryos; Frozen embryo transfer; Modified slow freeze; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84975044576     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: 27090094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12891/ceog3230.2016     Document Type: Article

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