Developmental potential of human pronuclear zygotes in relation to their pronuclear orientation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 294-299

  Kattera, Suresh ^a   Chen, Christopher ^a  

^a GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Early cleavage; Polar body; Pregnancy; Pronuclear orientation; Zygote polarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRONUCLEUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 1242296276     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh064     Document Type: Article

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