First polar body and nucleolar precursor body morphology is related to the ovarian reserve of infertile women

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 851-858

  Younis, Johnny S ^a,c   Radin, Orit ^a   Mirsky, Nitsa ^b   Izhaki, Ido ^b   Majara, Tatyana ^a   Bar Ami, Shalom ^a   Ben Ami, Moshe ^a,c  

^a Poriya Medical Centre   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

First polar body morphology; ICSI; Nucleolar precursor bodies; Ovarian reserve; Pronuclear zygote morphology

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 45749091368     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60152-6     Document Type: Article

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