Comparison of fertilization, cleavage and pregnancy rates of oocytes from large and small follicles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1912-1915

  Bergh, Christina ^a   Broden, Helena ^a   Lundin, Kersti ^a   Hamberger, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Follicular size; In vitro fertilization; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031849260     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.7.1912     Document Type: Article

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