First polar body morphology and blastocyst formation rate in ICSI patients

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2415-2418

  Ebner, Thomas ^a   Moser, M ^a   Sommergruber, M ^a   Yaman, C ^a   Pfleger, U ^a   Tews, G ^a  

^a Women's General Hospital Linz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blastocyst formation; First polar body; ICSI; Non invasive selection; Oocyte quality

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNER CELL MASS; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 0036713272     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.9.2415     Document Type: Article

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