Coarse granulation in the perivitelline space and IVF-ICSI outcome

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 545-549

  Farhi, Jacob ^a,b   Nahum, Hana ^a,b   Weissman, Ariel ^a,b   Zahalka, Nariman ^a,b   Glezerman, Marek ^a,b   Levran, David ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Egg factor; Granulation; Implantation and pregnancy rate; IVF; Perivitelline space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG FACTOR INFERTILITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; BLASTOCYST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

EID: 0036901994     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021243530358     Document Type: Article

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