Early cleavage of in-vitro fertilized human embryos to the 2-cell stage: A novel indicator of embryo quality and viability

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1531-1536

  Shoukir, Youssef ^a   Campana, Aldo ^a   Farley, Tim ^b   Sakkas, Denny ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Early cleavage; Embryo quality; In vitro fertilization; Viability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; TIME;

EID: 0030881271     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.7.1531     Document Type: Article

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