Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 118-123 , January 2008

Day-3 embryo morphology predicts euploidy among older subjects

  • Sharon E. Moayeri, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sharon E. Moayeri, Stanford University, PCOR, 117 Encina Commons, Room 210, Mail code: 6019, Stanford, California, 94305 (FAX: 650-723-1919).
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  • Rene B. Allen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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  • Wendy R. Brewster, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
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  • Moon H. Kim, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
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  • Manuel Porto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
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  • Lawrence B. Werlin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Coastal Fertility Medical Center, Irvine, California

Received 30 October 2006 ,Revised 29 January 2007 ,Accepted 29 January 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)00335-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.169

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 118-123 , January 2008

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