Correlations between steroids concentration in follicular fluid, pronuclear morphology and embryo qualities in in vitro fertilization

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 171-176

  Hasegawa, Junichi ^a   Iwasaki, Shinji ^a   Yanaihara, Atsushi ^a   Negishi, Momoko ^a   Tahara, Ryuzo ^a   Okai, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

embryo quality; follicular fluid; in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer; steroids; zygote assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744373187     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2003.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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