Abnormal mitochondrial structure in human unfertilized oocytes and arrested embryos

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1042, Issue , 2005, Pages 177-185

  Au, Heng Kien ^a,b   Yeh, Tien Shun ^b   Kao, Shu Huei ^c   Tzeng, Chii Ruey ^a,b   Hsieh, Rong Hong ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Embryo; Mitochondria; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRONUCLEUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 22044447385     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1338.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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