Adjuncts in the IVF laboratory: Where is the evidence for 'add-on' interventions?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 485-491

  Harper, Joyce ^a   Jackson, Emily ^b   Sermon, Karen ^c   Aitken, Robert John ^d   Harbottle, Stephen ^e   Mocanu, Edgar ^f   Hardarson, Thorir ^g   Mathur, Raj ^h   Viville, Stephane ⁱ   Vail, Andy ^j   Lundin, Kersti ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^g Carlanderska Hospital   (Sweden)

^h MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Adherence compounds; Assisted hatching; Embryo glue; IVF adjuncts; Live birth rate; Mitochondria load; PGS; RCT; Sperm DNA fragmentation; Time lapse imaging

Indexed keywords

GLUE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BIRTH RATE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HATCHING; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY; LABORATORY; LIVE BIRTH; MEASUREMENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PROGENY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPERM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TIME LAPSE IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

DNA FRAGMENTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERMATOZOA; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 85018461834     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dex004     Document Type: Review

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