Do age and extended culture affect the architecture of the zona pellucida of human oocytes and embryos?

Zygote

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Kilani, Suha S ^a,b   Cooke, Simon ^a   Kan, Andrew K ^a   Chapman, Michael G ^a,b  

^a IVFAustralia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Extended culture; ICSI; PolScope; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OOCYTE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 33645312063     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199406003625     Document Type: Article

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