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Defining human embryo phenotypes by cohort-specific prognostic factors.
PloS one - 2 Jul 2008
Jun Sunny H, Choi Bokyung, Shahine Lora, Westphal Lynn M, Behr Barry, Reijo Pera Renee A, Wong Wing H, Yao Mylene W M
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BACKGROUND: Hundreds of thousands of human embryos are cultured yearly at in vitro fertilization (IVF) centers worldwide, yet the vast majority fail to develop in culture or following transfer to the uterus. However, human embryo phenotypes have not been formally defined, and current criteria for embryo transfer largely focus on characteristics of individual embryos. We hypothesized that embryo cohort-specific...
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