Scanning electron microscopy of the zona pellucida of human oocytes during intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2693-2696

  Schwartz, P ^a   Magerkurth, C ^a   Michelmann, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ICSI; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Scanning electron microscope; SEM; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030470516     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019193     Document Type: Article

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