Female and male human embryo growth rates are similar before the eight- cell stage

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 178, Issue 1 I, 1998, Pages 45-49

  Fanchin, R ^a   Righini, C ^a   Olivennes, F ^a   Lejeune, V ^a   Volante, M ^a   Frydman, R ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Embryo growth rates; In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031814852     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70624-6     Document Type: Article

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