Prolonged absence of meiotic spindles by birefringence imaging negatively affects normal fertilization and embryo development

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 747-754

  Cristina Magli, M ^a   Capoti, Alessandra ^a   Resta, Silvia ^a   Stanghellini, Ilaria ^a   Ferraretti, Anna P ^a   Gianaroli, Luca ^a  

^a SISMeR   (Italy)

Author keywords

birefringence; embryo; maturation; oocyte; polarization; spindle

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIREFRINGENCE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEIOSIS; MEIOSIS SPINDLE; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; BIREFRINGENCE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 82855175092     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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