Maturation in vitro of human oocytes from unstimulated cycles: Selection of the optimal day for ovum retrieval based on follicular size

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1864-1868

  Cobo, Ana C ^a   Requena, Antonio ^a   Neuspiller, Fernando ^b   Aragonés, Marina ^b   Mercader, Amparo ^a   Navarro, José ^a   Simon, Carlos ^a   Remohi, José ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo co culture; Immature oocyte; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Oocyte maturation in vitro

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METAPHASE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032772039     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.7.1864     Document Type: Article

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