Are there non-invasive markers in human oocytes that can predict pregnancy outcome?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 674-680

  Kilani, Suha ^a   Cooke, Simon ^a   Kan, Andrew ^a   Chapman, Michael ^b  

^a IVFAustralia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

ICSI; Meiotic spindle; PolScope; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; NAFARELIN ACETATE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPINDLE ANGLE; SPINDLE DENSITY; SPINDLE LENGTH; SPINDLE POLE BODY; SPINDLE RETARDANCE;

EID: 65649136585     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60013-2     Document Type: Article

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