Morphological scoring of human pronuclear zygotes for prediction of pregnancy outcome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 234-239

  Senn, Alfred ^a,b   Urner, Françoise ^a   Chanson, Alain ^a   Primi, Marie Pierre ^a   Wirthner, Daniel ^a   Germond, Marc ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Fondation FABER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; IVF; Morphology scoring; Pregnancy outcome; Zygote score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CUMULATED PRONUCLEAR SCORE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO SELECTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; PRONUCLEUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SWITZERLAND; ZYGOTE;

EID: 29144440187     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei282     Document Type: Article

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