A quantitative assessment of follicle size on oocyte developmental competence

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 684-690

  Rosen, Mitchell P ^a   Shen, Shehua ^a   Dobson, Anthony T ^a   Rinaudo, Paolo F ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^b   Cedars, Marcelle I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

embryo quality; fertilization; follicle size; oocyte nuclear maturation; Ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; OOCYTE MATURATION; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 51449095832     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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