Use of a zona laser treatment system in assisted hatching: Optimal laser utilization parameters

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1737-1741

  Tinney, Gregory M ^a,c   Windt, Marie Lena ^a   Kruger, Thinus F ^a   Lombard, Carl J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ART; Assisted hatching; Embryo; Laser; Micromanipulation; Mouse; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HATCHING; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LASER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROMANIPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE; LASERS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 28944440277     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.048     Document Type: Article

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