Zona hardening, zona drilling and assisted hatching: New achievements in assisted reproduction

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 220-227

  De Vos, A ^a   Van Steirteghem, A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Zona drilling; Zona hardening; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; HATCHING; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; THICKNESS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0034078547     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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