Blastomere cytoplasmic granularity is unrelated to developmental potential of day 3 human embryos

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 314-317

  Rienzi, Laura ^a   Ubaldi, Filippo ^a   Giulia Minasi, Maria ^a   Iacobelli, Marcello ^a   Martinez, Francisco ^b   Tesarik, Jan ^b   Greco, Ermanno ^a  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Molecular Assisted Reproduction and Genetics   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blastomere cytoplasmic granularity; Developmental potential; Human cleaving embryo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL GRANULE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; METAPHASE; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 0041426306     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024857523896     Document Type: Article

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