Enhancement of outcome from intracytoplasmic sperm injection: Does co-culture or assisted hatching improve implantation rates?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2434-2437

  Tucker, M J ^a   Morton, P C ^a   Wright, G ^a   Ingargiola, P E ^a   Sweitzer, C L ^a   Elsner, C W ^a   Mitchell Leef, D E ^a   Massey, J B ^a  

^a REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Co culture; ICSI; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HATCHING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030473316     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019131     Document Type: Article

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