Embryos with high implantation potential after intracytoplasmic sperm injection can be recognized by a simple, non-invasive examination of pronuclear morphology

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1396-1399

  Tesarik, J ^a   Junca, A M ^a   Hazout, A ^a   Aubriot, F X ^a   Nathan, C ^a   Cohen Bacrie, P ^a   Dumont Hassan, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D EYLAU   (France)

Author keywords

Implantation rate; Multiple pregnancy rate; Pregnancy rate; Pronuclear morphology; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0034038373     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.6.1396     Document Type: Article

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