Are spermatid injections into human oocytes now mandatory?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 2217-2219

  Edwards, R G ^b   Tarin, J J ^a   Dean, N ^b   Hirsch, A ^b   Tan, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b London Women's Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIOLE; CYTOPLASM; DNA TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATID;

EID: 0028605955     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138426     Document Type: Note

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