Failure of oocyte maturation: Possible mechanisms for oocyte maturation arrest

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2249-2252

  Mrazek, Milan ^a   Fulka Jr , Josef ^a,b  

^a ISCARE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Maturation; Meiotic arrest; Oocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METAPHASE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; REVIEW; SPERM;

EID: 0344445573     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg434     Document Type: Review

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