Visualization and examination of the meiotic spindle in human oocytes with polscope

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 349-353

  Konc, Janos ^a   Kanyó, Katalin ^a   Cseh, Sandor ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Meiotic spindle; oocyte quality; polscope; spindle detection; spindle view technique

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOSCOPES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 7244250277     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JARG.0000046202.00570.1d     Document Type: Article

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