Impact of early cleaved zygote morphology on embryo development and in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer outcome: a prospective study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1677-1684

  Hesters, Laëtitia ^a,b,c   Prisant, Nadia ^a,b,c   Fanchin, Renato ^a,b,c   Méndez Lozano, Daniel H ^a,b,c   Feyereisen, Estelle ^a,b,c   Frydman, René ^a,b,c   Tachdjian, Gérard ^a,b,c   Frydman, Nelly ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Early cleavage; embryo development; embryo fragmentation; first cleavage plane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZYGOTE;

EID: 44449104260     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.04.047     Document Type: Article

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