Comparison of pronuclear zygote morphology and early cleavage status of zygotes as additional criteria in the selection of day 3 embryos: A randomized study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 347-352

  Chen, Christopher ^a,b,c   Kattera, Suresh ^a,b  

^a GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early cleavage; Embryos; Implantation; Nucleoli; Pregnancy; Pronuclear morphology; Zygotes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 31644444060     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.1319     Document Type: Article

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