Oolemma characteristics in relation to survival and fertilization patterns of oocytes treated by intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 172-176

  Palermo, Gianpiero D ^a   Alikani, Mina ^a   Bertoli, Massimo ^a   Colombero, Liliana T ^a   Moy, Fred ^a   Cohen, Jacques ^a   Rosenwaks, Zev ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Injection characteristics; Membrane breakage patterns; Oocyte membrane; Sperm injection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MICROPIPETTE; SPERM; SURVIVAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030043680     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019012     Document Type: Article

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