Intra- and interobserver analysis in the morphological assessment of early stage embryos during an IVF procedure: A multicentre study

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Paternot, Goedele ^a   Wetsels, Alex M ^b   Thonon, Fabienne ^c   Vansteenbrugge, Anne ^d   Willemen, Dorien ^a   Devroe, Johanna ^a   Debrock, Sophie ^a   D'Hooghe, Thomas M ^a   Spiessens, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Centre Hospitalier Regional de La Citadelle   (Belgium)

^d Centre Hospitalier Regional de Namur   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORPHOLOGY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); QUALITY CONTROL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMBRYOLOGY; INTERNET; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CYTOPLASM; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INTERNET; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 80052830531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-127     Document Type: Article

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