Does first polar body morphology predict oocyte performance during ICSI treatment?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 561-567

  Younis, Johnny S ^a,b   Radin, Orit ^a   Izhaki, Ido ^c   Ben Ami, Moshe ^a,b  

^a Poriya Hospital   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; First polar body; ICSI; Ovarian reserve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARIAN RESERVE; POLAR BODY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE CULTURE; ZYGOTE;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 76949090106     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-009-9368-9     Document Type: Article

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