Morphological analysis at compacting stage is a valuable prognostic tool for ICSI patients

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-66

  Ebner, Thomas ^a,b   Moser, M ^a   Shebl, O ^a   Sommergruber, M ^a   Gaiswinkler, U ^a   Tews, G ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b European School of ART   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blastocyst formation; Compaction; ICSI; Multinucleation; Oocyte quality

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; BUSERELIN ACETATE; CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; BLASTULA; CELL COUNT; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER CELL MASS; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 58649115843     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60425-7     Document Type: Article

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