Monozygotic twin birth after the transfer of a cleavage stage embryo resulting from a single pronucleated oocyte

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 427-429

  Dasig, Daniel ^a   Lyon, Jennifer ^a   Behr, Barry ^a   Milki, Amin A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; IVF; Monozygotic twin; Single pronucleus

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH; BLASTOMERE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMIDIFIER; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 13444271770     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-004-8758-2     Document Type: Article

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