Multinucleation in cleavage stage embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1062-1069

  Van Royen, Eric ^a   Mangelschots, Kathelijne ^a   Vercruyssen, Miet ^a   De Neubourg, Diane ^a   Valkenburg, Marion ^a   Gerris, Jan ^a   Ryckaert, Greet ^a  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cleavage stage embryos; Embryo assessment; Fragmentation; Implantation rate; Multinucleation

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038398639     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg201     Document Type: Article

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