Time from insemination to first cleavage predicts developmental competence of human preimplantation embryos in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 407-412

  Fenwick, J ^a   Platteau, P ^a,b   Murdoch, A P ^a   Herbert, M ^b  

^a Reproductive Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst formation; Early cleavage; First cell cycle; Human embryos

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREDICTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; RELIABILITY;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0036180058     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.2.407     Document Type: Article

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