Prediction of embryonic developmental competence by time-lapse observation and 'shortest-half' analysis

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 669-675

  Arav, Amir ^a   Aroyo, Adaya ^b   Yavin, Saar ^b   Roth, Zvi ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b IMT Itd Nes Ziona   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cleavage timing; Embryo; Monitoring; Shortest half; Time lapse

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 56749088097     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60314-8     Document Type: Article

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