Laser zona pellucida thinning - An alternative approach to assisted hatching

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1959-1964

  Blake, D A ^a,c   Forsberg, A S ^a   Johansson, B R ^b   Wikland, M ^a  

^a Carlanderska Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; In vitro fertilization; Laser; Micromanipulation; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LASER; MICROMANIPULATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034809096     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.9.1959     Document Type: Article

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