Zona opening of human embryos using a non-contact UV laser for assisted hatching in patients with poor prognosis of pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2488-2492

  Antinori, S ^a   Selman, H A ^a   Caffa, B ^a   Panci, C ^a   Dani, G L ^a   Versaci, C ^a  

^a Raprui Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Laser zona drilling; UV laser microbeam; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HATCHING; HUMAN; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030470086     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019145     Document Type: Article

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