Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 3 , Pages 629-631 , September 2007

Ectopic pregnancy rates with frozen compared with fresh blastocyst transfer

  • Sunny H. Jun, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • ,
  • Amin A. Milki, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Amin A. Milki, M.D., Stanford University Medical Center, 900 Welch Rd. Ste 350, Palo Alto, CA 94304 (FAX: 650-736-7036).

Received 24 May 2006 ,Revised 18 December 2006 ,Accepted 22 December 2006.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)00030-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.005

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 3 , Pages 629-631 , September 2007

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