Normal birth after microsurgical enucleation of tripronuclear human zygotes: Case report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1319-1322

  Kattera, Suresh ^a   Chen, Christopher ^a  

^a Gleneagles Cancer Centre   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Embryos; Enucleation; Male pronuclei; Oocytes; Tripronuclear zygotes

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MICROSURGERY; OOCYTE DONATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POLYSPERMY; PREGNANCY; PRONUCLEUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIPLOIDY; ZYGOTE;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0037731653     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg262     Document Type: Article

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