First polar body morphology before ICSI is not related to embryo quality or pregnancy rate

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2334-2339

  Ciotti, P M ^a   Notarangelo, L ^a   Morselli Labate, A M ^a   Felletti, V ^a   Porcu, E ^a   Venturoli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; First polar body; Pregnancy rate; Sperm injection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 6444229169     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh433     Document Type: Article

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