Blastomere multinucleation: Contributing factors and effects on embryo development and clinical outcome

Human Fertility

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-150

  De Cssia Savio Figueira, Rita ^a,b   Souza Setti, Amanda ^b   Paes De Almeida Ferreira Braga, Daniela ^a,b   Iaconelli Jr , Assumpto ^a   Borges Jr , Edson ^a,b  

^a Fertility Assisted Fertilization Center   (Brazil)

^b Educational and Research Center in Assisted Reproduction   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embryo; Implantation; Ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; BLASTOMERE MULTINUCLEATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BLASTOMERES; CELL NUCLEUS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 77956918718     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2010.508505     Document Type: Article

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