Zona pellucida birefringence score and meiotic spindle visualization in relation to embryo development and ICSI outcomes

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 681-686

  Madaschi, Camila ^a   Aoki, Tsutomu ^b   de Almeida Ferreira Braga, Daniela Paes ^a,c   de Cássia Sávio Figueira, Rita ^a   Francisco, Luciana Semião ^a   Iaconelli Jr , Assumpto ^a   Borges Jr , Edson ^a,c  

^a Fertility Assisted Fertilization Centre   (Brazil)

^b Acad de Medicina de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c Educational and Research Centre in Assisted Reproduction   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; ICSI outcomes; Meiotic spindle; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; LEUPRORELIN; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEIOSIS; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SPINDLE POLE BODY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 65649092641     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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