Lipofuscin bodies in human oocytes as an indicator of oocyte quality

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 263-270

  Otsuki, Junko ^a,b   Nagai, Yasushi ^b   Chiba, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagai Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Blastocyst development; Lipofuscin bodies; Oocyte fertilization; Oocyte refractile bodies

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOFUSCIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CELL SIZE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; LIPOFUSCIN; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OOCYTES; OVARY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 35348886321     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-007-9130-0     Document Type: Article

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