Pronuclear morphology, embryo development and chromosome constitution

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 649-655

  Arroyo, Gemma ^a   Santaló, Josep ^b   Parriego, Mònica ^a   Boada, Montse ^a   Barri, Pedro N ^a   Veiga, Anna ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Stem Cell Bank   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromosome abnormalities; Embryo quality; Pronuclear pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRONUCLEUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77952881518     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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