Morphology and clinical outcomes of embryos after in vitro fertilization are superior to those after intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 653-657

  Bar Hava, Itai ^b   Brengauz, Masha ^b   Ashkenazi, Jacob ^b   Feldberg, Dov ^b   Shelef, Michal ^b   Orvieto, Raoul ^b   Schwartz, Ariela ^b   Ben Rafael, Zion ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Embryo morphology; ICSI; IVF; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROMANIPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0343489568     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00265-3     Document Type: Article

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