Effect of the position of the polar body during icsi on fertilization rate and embryo development

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 849-853

  Anifandis, G ^a   Dafopoulos, K ^a   Messini, C I ^a   Chalvatzas, N ^a   Messinis, I E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

embryo quality; fertilization; ICSI; polar body

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; CELL POLARITY; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955704978     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110372421     Document Type: Article

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