Oocyte and embryo quality: Is their morphology a good criterion?;Qualité ovocytaire et embryonnaire: La morphologie est-elle un bon critère?

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

Volumn 34, Issue 7 II, 2005, Pages

  Hamamah, S ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Embryo; Implantation; Morphology; Oocyte; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA G ANTIGEN; HLA-G ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVALUATION; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; ZYGOTE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 33644840614     PISSN: 03682315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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