Comparison of birth weights in patients randomly assigned to fresh or frozen-thawed embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 317-321

  Shapiro, Bruce S ^a   Daneshmand, Said T ^a   Bedient, Carrie E ^a   Garner, Forest C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; birth weight; embryo cryopreservation; ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; FRESH EMBRYO TRANSFER; FROZEN THAWED EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; NEWBORN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991824678     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.03.049     Document Type: Article

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