Polar body morphology and spindle imaging as predictors of oocyte quality

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-42

  De Santis, Lucia ^a   Cino, Ilaria ^a   Rabellotti, Elisa ^a   Calzi, Federico ^a   Persico, Paola ^a   Borini, Andrea ^b   Goticchio, Giovanni ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing oocyte; First polar body; Meiotic spindle; Retardance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NIDATION; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 21844469206     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61296-5     Document Type: Article

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