Preincubation of human oocytes may improve fertilization and embryo quality after intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1014-1019

  Rienzi, L ^a   Ubaldi, F ^a   Anniballo, R ^a   Cerulo, G ^a   Greco, E ^a  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Fertilization; ICSI; Microinjection; Oocyte maturity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METAPHASE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031840560     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.4.1014     Document Type: Article

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