Assisted hatching by zona drilling of human embryos in women of advanced age

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Bider, David ^b   Livshits, Alexander ^b   Yonish, Michal ^b   Yemini, Ziva ^b   Mashiach, Shlomo ^b   Dor, Jehoshua ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Micromanipulation; Zona drilling

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMANIPULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030892957     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.2.317     Document Type: Article

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