Growth rate of human preimplantation embryos is sex dependent after ICSI but not after IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 484-491

  Dumoulin, John C M ^a,b   Derhaag, Josien G ^a,b   Bras, Marijke ^a   Van Montfoort, Aafke P A ^a,b   Kester, Arnold D M ^b   Evers, Johannes L H ^a,b   Geraedts, Joep P M ^a,b   Coonen, Edith ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormalities; FISH; Human blastocysts; ICSI; Preimplantation development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; NIDATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBFERTILITY; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 14044270164     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh614     Document Type: Article

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