Quantitative morphometrical characterization of human pronuclear zygotes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1983-1992

  Beuchat, A ^a   Thevenaz P ^a   Unser, M ^a   Ebner, T ^b   Senn, A ^c   Urner, F ^c   Germond, M ^c   Sorzano, C O S ^d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Women's General Hospital Linz   (Austria)

^c Centre for Medically Assisted Procreation   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Image analysis; In vitro fertilization; Morphometrical characterization; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOPLASM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NIDATION; NUCLEOLUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRONUCLEUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 54149107124     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den206     Document Type: Article

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