Day three versus day two embryo transfer following in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Brown, Julie ^a   Daya, Salim ^b   Matson, Phill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (Canada)

^c Joondalup Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTOR;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85006295224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004378.pub3     Document Type: Review

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