How viable are zygotes in which the PN are still intact at 25 hours? Impact on the choice of embryo for transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 551-556

  Hammoud, Ibrahim ^a,c   Vialard, François ^c,d   Casasnovas, Pierre ^a   Lefebvre, Gilles ^b   Vauthier Brouzes, Danielle ^b   Poirot, Catherine ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Embryologie   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

25 Hours; early cleavage; embryo selection; implantation

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 51649117874     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.103     Document Type: Article

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