Pronuclear morphology differs between women more than 38 and women less than 30 years of

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-373

  Maille, Laurent ^a   Bergere, M ^b   Lemoine, E ^b   Camier, B ^a   Prevost, J F ^a   Bourdrel, J M ^a   Hammoud, I ^b   Selva, J ^b   Vialard, F ^b  

^a Laboratoire Albert 1er and Clinique St Thérèse   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Chromosomal abnormalities; Polar body alignment; Pronuclear morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MATERNAL AGE; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; PRONUCLEUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZYGOTE;

EID: 63249090252     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60095-8     Document Type: Article

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