The successful use of pronuclear embryo transfers the day following oocyte retrieval

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1003-1013

  Scott, Lynette A ^a,b   Smith, Samuel ^a  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic morphology; Nucleoli positioning; Pronuclear embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; NUCLEOLUS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRONUCLEUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031811313     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.4.1003     Document Type: Article

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