Use of pig oocytes for training new professionals in human assisted reproduction laboratories

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1408-1412

  de Almeida Ferreira Braga, Daniela Paes ^a,b   Pasqualotto, Fábio Firmbach ^c   Madaschi, Camila ^a   de Souza Bonetti, Tatiana Carvalho ^b   Rodrigues, Débora ^a   Iaconelli Jr , Assumpto ^a,b   Borges Jr , Edson ^a,b  

^a Fertility Assisted Fertilization Center   (Brazil)

^b Sapientiae Institute   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ICSI; micromanipulation; Pig oocytes; training new technicians

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SWINE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; SWINE;

EID: 35649024219     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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