A PolScope evaluation of meiotic spindle dynamics in frozen-thawed oocytes

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Sereni, Elena ^a   Sciajno, R ^a   Fava, L ^a   Coticchio, G ^a   Bonu, M A ^a   Borini, A ^a  

^a Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human oocyte; Meiotic spindle; Oocyte cryopreservation; PolScope; Thawing

Indexed keywords

PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEIOSIS; MEIOSIS SPINDLE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 69249117437     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60071-5     Document Type: Article

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