Laser-assisted microdissection of the zona pellucida facilitates polar body biopsy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 539-542

  Montag, Markus ^a   Van Der Ven, Katrin ^a   Delacrétaz, Guy ^a,b   Rink, Klaus ^a,c   Van Der Ven, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c PSE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Diode laser; Microdissection; Polar body biopsy; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DISSECTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISSECTION; FEMALE; LASERS; MICE; SUCTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031892964     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00538-4     Document Type: Article

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