Relationships between timing of syngamy, female age and implantation potential in human in vitro-fertilised oocytes

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 482-487

  Lawler, Celine ^a   Baker, H W Gordon ^a,b,c   Edgar, David H ^a,b,c  

^a MELBOURNE IVF   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Human assisted reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNGAMY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLASTOMERES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947321276     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06127     Document Type: Article

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