Mosaicism in the inner cell mass of human blastocysts

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3151-3155

  Evsikov, Sergei ^a   Verlinsky, Yury ^a  

^a REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; FISH; Human blastocyst; Inner cell mass; Mosaicism

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNER CELL MASS; TETRAPLOIDY;

EID: 0031783277     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.11.3151     Document Type: Article

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