Age-related decline in fertility: A link to degenerative oocytes?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 265-271

  Lim, Alvin S T ^a   Tsakok, Maurine F H ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Age; Degenerative chromosomes; Embryo quality; Fertilization rate; ICSI; IVF; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CHROMATID; CYTOGENETICS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030794625     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81513-0     Document Type: Article

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