Incidence of apoptotic bodies in membrana granulosa of the patients participating in an in vitro fertilization program

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 302-308

  Nakahara, Kenji ^a   Sakai, Nobuyoshi ^a   Saito, Hidekazu ^a   Tezuka, Naohiro ^a   Saito, Takakazu ^a   Hiroi, Masahiko ^a   Ito, Mariko ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Ohta, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; apoptotic bodies; cumulus cells; granulosa cells; human; in vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031037434     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81915-2     Document Type: Article

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