Quantitative analysis of the intensity of zona pellucida birefringence of oocytes during IVF cycles

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1167-1174

  Cheng, Junping ^a,b   Huang, Li ^b   He, Bing ^b   Lu, Fenghua ^a   Wang, Xiaoli ^a   Wu, Zhengsan ^a   Shi, Deshun ^a  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction technology; human oocyte; polarised light microscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; OOCYTE MATURATION; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; BIREFRINGENCE; CHINA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 77957725503     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD10047     Document Type: Article

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