Cleavage anomalies in early human embryos and survival after prolonged culture in-vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2634-2643

  Alikani, Mina ^a   Calderon, Gloria ^a   Tomkin, Giles ^a   Garrisi, John ^a   Kokot, Magdalena ^a   Cohen, Jacques ^a  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cleavage rate; Fragmentation degree; Fragmentation pattern; Multinucleation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; INNER CELL MASS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE;

EID: 0034535904     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.12.2634     Document Type: Article

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