Micromanipulation in assisted reproduction: A review of current technology

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-226

  Wright, Graham ^a   Tucker, Michael J ^a   Morton, Paula C ^a   Sweitzer Yoder, Cynthia L ^a   Smith, Scott E ^a  

^a REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOMERE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MICROMANIPULATION; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0031800054     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199806000-00008     Document Type: Review

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