Simultaneous analysis of cytoskeletal patterns and chromosome positioning in human fertilization failures

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1654-1659

  Ramalho Santos, João ^a   Amaral, Alexandra ^a   Brito, Raquel ^b   Freitas, Mariana ^a   Almeida Santos, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

FISH; Human fertilization failures; human oocyte; immunocytochemistry; microtubules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL SURFACE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOSKELETON; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METAPHASE; MICROINJECTION; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ZYGOTE;

BLASTOCYST; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULES; OOCYTES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 10044250251     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.05.086     Document Type: Article

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