Zona pellucida birefringence in in vivo and in vitro matured oocytes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2050-2053

  Braga, Daniela Paes De Almeida Ferreira ^a,b   Figueira, Rita De Cássia Savio ^a   Queiroz, Priscila ^a   Madaschi, Camila ^a   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

birefringence; controlled ovarian stimulation; implantation; In vitro maturation; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; pregnancy; zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METAPHASE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BIREFRINGENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 78049270810     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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