Fluorescent in-situ hybridization on human embryos showing cleavage arrest after freezing and thawing

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 425-429

  Laverge, H ^a   Van der Eist, J ^a   De Sutter, P ^a   Verschraegen Spae, M R ^a   De Paepe, A ^a   Dhont, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Freezing; Human embryos; Thawing

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; NONDISJUNCTION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; TETRAPLOIDY; THAWING; TRIPLOIDY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031912942     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.2.425     Document Type: Article

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