Egg sharing for assisted conception: A window on oocyte quality

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-93

  Faddy, Malcolm ^a   Gosden, Roger ^b   Ahuja, Kamal ^c   Elder, Kay ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c London Women's Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^d Bourn Hall Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Donation; Embryo; In vitro fertilization; Oocyte; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SHARING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SPERM DONOR;

ADULT; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650517775     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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