Nuclear maturity and oocyte morphology after stimulation with highly purified follicle stimulating hormone compared to human menopausal gonadotrophin

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2387-2391

  Imthurn, B ^a   Macas, E ^a   Rosselli, M ^a   Keller, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Human menopausal gonadotrophin; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Nuclear maturity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREGNANCY RATE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030459139     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019120     Document Type: Article

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