A microsurgical technique for enucleation of multipronuclear human zygotes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 911-916

  Ivakhnenko, Victor ^a   Cieslak, Jeanine ^a   Verlinsky, Yury ^a  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochalasin; Cytokinesis; Cytoplast; Enucleation; Tripronuclear human zygotes

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; ENUCLEATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; TECHNIQUE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0034108802     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.4.911     Document Type: Article

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