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.

Annotation

mammalian only; transfer of non-mammalian embryo = EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN /transpl or CHICK EMBRYO /transpl

jen u savců; přenos nesavčího embrya = EMBRYO NESAVČÍ /transplantace nebo KUŘECÍ EMBRYO

DUI

D004624 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0007257

Previous indexing

Blastocyst/transplantation (1974-1979); Embryo/transplantation (1966-1979)

History note

1980

Public note

1980