Laser Effects in the Manipulation of Human Eggs and Embryos for In Vitro Fertilization

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 82, Issue , 2007, Pages 409-431

  Tadir, Yona ^a,b   Douglas Hamilton, Diarmaid H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Hamilton Thorne Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LASERS; OVUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34250323881     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(06)82014-5     Document Type: Review

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