Sequential assessment of individually cultured human embryos as an indicator of subsequent good quality blastocyst development

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1307-1312

  Neuber, E ^a   Rinaudo, P ^b   Trimarchi, J R ^c   Sakkas, Denny ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst development; Early cleavage; Embryo quality; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0038745727     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg269     Document Type: Article

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