Ultrastructure of preimplantation genetic diagnosis-derived human blastocysts grown in a coculture system after vitrification

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 664-671

  Escribá, María José ^a   Escobedo Lucea, Carmen ^b   Mercader, Amparo ^a   de los Santos, María José ^a,b   Pellicer, Antonio ^a,b,c   Remohí, José ^a,b,c  

^a Instituto Universitario IVI   (Spain)

^b Fundacion IVI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; human; PGD; ultrastructure; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COCULTURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO GROWTH; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNER CELL MASS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITRIFICATION;

BLASTOCYST; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33748118958     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.01.033     Document Type: Article

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