Fertilization abnormalities and pronucleus size asynchrony after intracytoplasmic sperm injection are related to oocyte postmaturity

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-252

  Goud, Pravin ^a,b,c   Goud, Anuradha ^a   Van Oostveldt, Patrick ^a   Van Elst, Josiane Der ^b   Dhont, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c University Hospital Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fertilization abnormalities; ICSI; In vitro oocyte maturation; Postmaturation aging; Pronucleus size asynchrony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; ZYGOTE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHASE; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0033179752     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00231-9     Document Type: Article

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