Blastocyst quality scoring based on morphologic grading correlates with cell number

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1135-1137

  Matsuura, Koji ^a   Hayashi, Nobuyoshi ^b   Takiue, Chisato ^b   Hirata, Rei ^b   Habara, Toshihiro ^b   Naruse, Keiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okayama Couples Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77955569136     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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