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The transfer of mammalian embryos from an in vivo or in vitro environment to a suitable host to improve pregnancy or gestational outcome in human or animal. In human fertility treatment programs, preimplantation embryos ranging from the 4-cell stage to the blastocyst stage are transferred to the uterine cavity between 3-5 days after FERTILIZATION IN VITRO.
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- Embryo Transfers
- Transfer, Embryo
- Transfers, Embryo
- Blastocyst Transfer
- Tubal Embryo Stage Transfer
- Tubal Embryo Transfer
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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mammalian only; transfer of non-mammalian embryo = EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN /transpl or CHICK EMBRYO /transpl
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1980
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- Blastocyst/transplantation (1974-1979)
- Embryo/transplantation (1966-1979)
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- National Library of Medicine. Embryo Transfer. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004624. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004624
- Embryo Transfer. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo_transfer
- Embryo Transfer. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237118