Oocyte diameter as a predictor of fertilization and embryo quality in assisted reproduction cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 621-625

  Romão, Gustavo Salata ^a   Araújo, Maria Cristina Picinato Medeiros ^a   de Melo, Anderson Sanches ^a   Navarro, Paula Andrea de Albuquerque Salles ^a   Ferriani, Rui Alberto ^a   dos Reis, Rosana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; embryo quality; fertilization; ICSI; Mean oocyte diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MEAN OOCYTE DIAMETER; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAZIL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; METAPHASE; OOCYTES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 74449094012     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.124     Document Type: Article

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