Impact of the presence of one or more multinucleated blastomeres on the developmental potential of the embryo to the blastocyst stage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 243-245

  Yakin, Kayhan ^a   Balaban, Basak ^a   Urman, Bulent ^a  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11844294101     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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