Effect of assisted hatching on pregnancy outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Li, Da ^a   Yang, Da Lei ^a   An, Jing ^a   Jiao, Jiao ^a   Zhou, Yi Ming ^b   Wu, Qi Jun ^a   Wang, Xiu Xia ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; META ANALYSIS; NIDATION; ODDS RATIO; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84981275189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep31228     Document Type: Article

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