Ongoing twin pregnancy after rescue intracytoplasmic sperm injection of unfertilized abnormal oocytes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 199.e5-199.e7

  Esfandiari, Navid ^a   Claessens, E Anne ^a   Burjaq, Hasan ^a   Gotlieb, Lynda ^a   Casper, Robert F ^a  

^a Toronto Centre for Advanced Reproductive Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

failed fertilization; multiple pregnancy; oocyte morphology; Rescue ICSI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CASE REPORT; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 45849092916     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1299     Document Type: Article

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