Evaluation of zona pellucida birefringence intensity during in vitro maturation of oocytes from stimulated cycles

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Petersen, Claudia G ^a,b,c   Vagnini, Laura D ^c   Mauri, Ana L ^b,c   Massaro, Fabiana C ^c   Silva, Liliane F I ^a,b   Cavagna, Mario ^c   Baruffi, Ricardo L R ^b,c   Oliveira, Joao B A ^a,b,c   Franco Jr, José G ^a,b,c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Center for Human Reproduction Prof Franco Junior   (Brazil)

^c Paulista Center for Diagnosis Research and Training   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPE; OOCYTE MATURATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ZONA PELLUCIDA; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

BIREFRINGENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVULATION INDUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 79954996183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-53     Document Type: Article

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