Screening oocytes and preimplantation embryos for aneuploidy

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-305

  Handyside, Alan H ^a,b   Mackie Ogilvie, Caroline ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL SELECTION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032855885     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199906000-00012     Document Type: Article

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