Complete oocyte activation failure after ICSI can be overcome by a modified injection technique

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1837-1841

  Ebner, Thomas ^a   Moser, M ^a   Sommergruber, M ^a   Jesacher, K ^a   Tews, G ^a  

^a Women's General Hospital Linz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic maturation; Fertilization failure; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial membrane potential; Oocyte activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOTE;

EID: 4344608273     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh325     Document Type: Article

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