Cytoskeletal organization defects and abortive activation in human oocytes after IVF and ICSI failure

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 510-516

  Rawe, V Y ^a   Brugo Olmedo, S ^a   Nodar, F N ^a   Doncel, G D ^b   Acosta, A A ^a   Vitullo, A D ^a  

^a Centro de Estudios en Ginecologia y Reproduccion Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortive activation; Cytoskeletal organization; Fertilization failure; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOSKELETON; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034124793     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/6.6.510     Document Type: Article

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