Frozen versus fresh single blastocyst transfer in ovulatory women: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 393, Issue 10178, 2019, Pages 1310-1318

  Wei, Daimin ^a,b,c   Liu, Jia Yin ^d,e   Sun, Yun ^f,g,h   Shi, Yuhua ^a,b,c   Zhang, Bo ⁱ   Liu, Jian Qiao ^j   Tan, Jichun ^k   Liang, Xiaoyan ^l   Cao, Yunxia ^m   Wang, Ze ^a,b,c   Qin, Yingying ^a,b,c   Zhao, Han ^a,b,c   Zhou, Yi ⁿ   Ren, Haiqin ^o   Hao, Guimin ^p   Ling, Xiufeng ^q   Zhao, Junzhao ^r   Zhang, Yunshan ^s   Qi, Xiujuan ⁿ   Zhang, Lin ^t   Deng, Xiaohui ^u   Chen, Xiaoli ^v   Zhu, Yimin ^w   Wang, Xiaohong ^x   Tian, Li Feng ^y   Lv, Qun ^z   Ma, Xiang ^d,e   Zhang, Heping ^aa   Legro, Richard S ^ab   Chen, Zi Jiang ^a,b,c,f,g,h   more..

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS   (China)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Nanjing Medical University   (China)

^f SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^g SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^h Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics   (China)

ⁱ Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Guangxi   (China)

^j GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l THE SIXTH AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁿ QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o Shenyang Dongfang Jinghua Hospital   (China)

^p HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^q OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^r THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^s Tianjin Central Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (China)

^t WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^u SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^v SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^w ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^x FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^y JIANGXI PROVINCIAL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^z SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^aa YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LIVE BIRTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHINA; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LIVE BIRTH; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85063326187     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32843-5     Document Type: Article

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