Incubation with sperm enhances in vitro maturation of the oocyte from the germinal vesicle to the M2 stage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 318-322

  Farhi, Jacob ^a   Nahum, Hana ^b   Zakut, Haim ^b   Levran, David ^b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Germinal vesicle; In vitro maturation; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

EID: 0030759668     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81522-1     Document Type: Article

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