The predictive value of pronuclear morphology of zygotes in the assessment of human embryo quality

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2177-2181

  Salumets, Andres ^a   Hydén Granskog, Christel ^b   Suikkari, Anne Maria ^a   Tiitinen, Aila ^b   Tuuri, Timo ^a  

^a Infertility Clinic   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; Human; IVF; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRONUCLEUS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0034794410     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.10.2177     Document Type: Article

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