Spindle imaging: A new marker for optimal timing of ICSI?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 649-654

  Cohen, Y ^a   Malcov, M ^a   Schwartz, T ^a   Mey Raz, N ^a   Carmon, A ^a   Cohen, T ^a   Lessing, J B ^a   Amit, A A ^a   Azem, F ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

HCG; ICSI; Oocytes; Polscope; Spindle

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

EID: 1542397149     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh113     Document Type: Article

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