Correlation between aneuploidy, standard morphology evaluation and morphokinetic development in 1730 biopsied blastocysts: A consecutive case series study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2245-2254

  Minasi, Maria Giulia ^a   Colasante, Alessandro ^a   Riccio, Teresa ^a   Ruberti, Alessandra ^a   Casciani, Valentina ^a   Scarselli, Filomena ^a   Spinella, Francesca ^b   Fiorentino, Francesco ^b   Varricchio, Maria Teresa ^a   Greco, Ermanno ^a  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GENOMA Molecular Genetics Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

aneuploidy; blastocyst biopsy; cryopreserved embryo transfer; embryo morphology; fresh embryo transfer; morphokinetic; PGS; time lapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTULA; CASE STUDY; CELL DIVISION; CELL EXPANSION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; HATCHING; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; EMBRYO CULTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84992365375     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew183     Document Type: Article

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