Use of a medium buffered with N-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N-ethanesulfonate (HEPES) in intracytoplasmic sperm injection procedures is detrimental to the outcome of in vitro fertlization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1415-1419

  Morgia, Francesco ^a   Torti, Monica ^a   Montigiani, Monica ^a   Piscitelli, Claudio ^a   Giallonardo, Annalise ^a   Schimberni, Mauro ^a   Giannini, Pierluigi ^a   Sbracia, Marco ^b  

^a Bioroma   (Italy)

^b Ctr for Endocrinol and Repro Med   (Italy)

Author keywords

embryo quality; HEPES; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; IVF outcome

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; BICARBONATE; BUFFER; BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONASI HP; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROINJECTION; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPLOIDY;

ADULT; BUFFERS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEPES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646118248     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.10.050     Document Type: Article

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