Improved implantation rate after chemical removal of the zona pellucida

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1299-1303

  Jelinkova, Ladislava ^a,b   Pavelkova, Jana ^a,b   Strehler, Erwin ^a,b   Paulus, Wolfgang ^a,b   Zivny, Jaroslav ^a   Sterzik, Karl ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Christian Lauritzen Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Blastocyst; Implantation; Morula; Zona pellucida; Zona pellucida removal

Indexed keywords

ACID; ACIDIC TYRODES SOLUTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HATCHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORULA; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0038173311     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00260-7     Document Type: Article

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