Elective embryo transfers on Day 6 reduce implantation compared with transfers on Day 5

Human Reproduction

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1238-1243

  Poulsen, V ^a   Ingerslev, H J ^a,b   Kirkegaard, K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Elective single embryo transfer; Extended culture; Implantation rate; IVF

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BODY MASS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECTODERM; ELECTIVE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; ECTOGENESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENMARK; ECTOGENESIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85026909853     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dex059     Document Type: Article

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