Efficiency of assisted oocyte activation as a solution for failed intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 662-668

  Heindryckx, Björn ^a   De Gheselle, Stefanie ^a   Gerris, Jan ^a   Dhont, Marc ^a   De Sutter, Petra ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Failed fertilization; ICSI; Ionophore; Oocyte activation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM ION; IONOPHORE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 56749161915     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60313-6     Document Type: Article

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