Ultrastructural characteristics of human oocytes fixed at follicular puncture or after culture

Journal of In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1985, Pages 195-206

  Sundstrom P ^a   Ove Nilsson, B ^b   Liedholm, P ^a   Larsson, E ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

human oocyte; maturation; oocyte culture; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY CELL CULTURE; OVARY FOLLICLE PUNCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; ORGANOIDS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PUNCTURES;

EID: 0022404584     PISSN: 07407769     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01201797     Document Type: Article

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