The chromosomal complements of multipronuclear human zygotes resulting from intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2496-2501

  Macas, Ervin ^a   Imthurn, Bruno ^a   Rosselli, Marinella ^a   Keller, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Human chromosomes; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Multipronuclear zygotes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; OOCYTE; PRONUCLEUS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0030444031     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019147     Document Type: Article

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