Developmental prognosis for zygotes based on pronuclear pattern: Usefulness of pronuclear scoring

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 173-181

  Arroyo, Gemma ^a   Veiga, Anna ^a   Santaló, Josep ^b   Barri, Pere Nolasc ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Nucleolar precursor bodies; Pronuclear score; Zygote morphology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ZYGOTE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; VACUOLES; ZYGOTE;

EID: 34247597417     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-006-9099-0     Document Type: Article

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