Predictive value of cumulus cell apoptosis with regard to blastocyst development of corresponding gametes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 627-633

  Corn, Claudia Maria ^a   Hauser Kronberger, Cornelia ^b   Moser, Marianne ^c   Tews, Gernot ^c   Ebner, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Women's General Hospital Linz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Blastocyst development; Cumulus cells; Oocyte maturity; TUNEL assay

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GAMETE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOMATIC CELL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24944465016     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.061     Document Type: Article

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