Developmental fate of ovoid oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-66

  Ebner, T ^a   Shebl, O ^a   Moser, M ^a   Sommergruber, M ^a   Tews, G ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blastocyst formation; Compaction; Ovoid shape; Roundness index; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL CONTACT; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROUNDNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ADULT; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CELL SHAPE; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TIME FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 40549111969     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem280     Document Type: Article

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