Freeze-All cycle in reproductive medicine: Current perspectives

Jornal Brasileiro de Reproducao Assistida

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-53

  Roque, Matheus ^a,b   Valle, Marcello ^a   Kostolias, Alessandra ^a   Sampaio, Marcos ^c   Geber, Selmo ^b,c  

^a ORIGEN Center for Reproductive Medicine   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Origen Center for Reproductive Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Delayed frozen thawed embryo transfer; Elective frozen thawed embryo transfer; Freeze all; IVF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FREEZE THAWING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; REPRODUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; OVULATION INDUCTION; TRENDS;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVULATION INDUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 85015441648     PISSN: 15175693     EISSN: 15180557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/1518-0557.20170012     Document Type: Article

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