Laser-assisted hatching in assisted reproduction

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 398-403

  Montag, Markus ^a   Van Der Ven, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Conception; Embryo; Fertilization in vitro; Lasers; Maternal age 35 and over; Ovum sperm interactions; Preimplantation; Reproduction; Sperm penetration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HATCHING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0032788903     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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