Importance of cytoplasmic granularity of human oocytes in In vitro fertilization treatments

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-201

  Fancsovits, P ^a   Tóthné, Zsuzsa ^a   Murber, A ^a   Rigo J ^a   Urbancsek, J ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic granularity; hormonal stimulation; in vitro fertilization; oocyte quality; refractile body

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862334768     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: 1588256X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.63.2012.2.3     Document Type: Article

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