The relationship between blastocyst morphology, chromosomal abnormality, and embryo gender

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 520-524

  Alfarawati, Samer ^a,b   Fragouli, Elpida ^a,b   Colls, Pere ^b   Stevens, John ^c   Gutiérrez Mateo, Cristina ^b   Schoolcraft, William B ^c   Katz Jaffe, Mandy G ^c   Wells, Dagan ^a,b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Reprogenetics LLC   (United States)

^c National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

aneuploidy; blastocyst; chromosome; implantation; in vitro fertilization; Morphology; preimplantation genetic screening; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOSOMY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 78751591342     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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