Cytogenetic and fluorescent in-situ hybridization chromosomal studies on in-vitro fertilized and intracytoplasmic sperm injected 'failed-fertilized' human oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2230-2238

  Wall, M B ^b   Marks, K ^a   Smith, T A ^a   Gearon, C M ^a   Muggleton Harris, A L ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Cytogenetic; FISH analyses; Human oocyte; ICSI; IVF; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHROMATID; CHROMATID ABERRATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; METAPHASE; MICROINJECTION; OOCYTE MATURATION; SPERM;

EID: 0029830238     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019082     Document Type: Article

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