Cytoskeletal analysis of human blastocysts by confocal laser scanning microscopy following vitrification

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-113

  Chatzimeletiou, Katerina ^a   Morrison, Ewan E ^b   Panagiotidis, Yannis ^c   Vanderzwalmen, Pierre ^d   Prapas, Nikos ^c   Prapas, Yannis ^c   Tarlatzis, Basil C ^a   Handyside, Alan H ^e  

^a PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Iakentro Advanced Medical Centre   (Greece)

^d IVF Centre Prof Zech   (Austria)

^e London Bridge Fertility Gynaecology and Genetics Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aseptic vitrification; chromosome bridging; confocal laser scanning microscopy; human blastocyst; spindle abnormalities

Indexed keywords

4 (6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE); ALPHA TUBULIN; ALTERMON; BUSERELIN; CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DNA; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GAMMA TUBULIN; GANIRELIX; ICE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC VITRIFICATION; BLASTOCYST; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; RAT; SPINDLE CELL; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 83755185610     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der344     Document Type: Article

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