Effect of laser-assisted hatching and necrotic blastomere removal on the development of vitrified-warmed four-cell mouse embryos

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 333-339

  Fathi, Rouhollah ^a   Valojerdi, Mojtaba Rezazadeh ^a,b   Eftekhari Yazdi, Poopak ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Laser assisted hatching; Necrotic blastomere removal; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LASER ASSISTED HATCHING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HEAT; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LASERS; MICE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NECROSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50249087951     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-008-9238-x     Document Type: Article

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