Impact of multiple blastocyst biopsy and vitrification-warming procedures on pregnancy outcomes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 999-1006

  Bradley, Cara K ^a   Livingstone, Mark ^a   Traversa, Maria V ^a   McArthur, Steven J ^a  

^a Genea   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; preimplantation genetic screening; trophectoderm biopsy; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOCYST BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOGENIC DISORDER; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SURVIVAL RATE; WARMING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION;

BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARMING; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 85033665754     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.09.013     Document Type: Article

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