Is the zona pellucida thickness of human embryos influenced by women's age and hormonal levels?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-83

  Balakier, Hanna ^a   Sojecki, Agata ^a   Motamedi, Gelareh ^a   Bashar, Siamak ^a   Mandel, Rodica ^a   Librach, Clifford ^a,b,c  

^a CReATe Fertility Centre   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

age; basal FSH; E 2; embryo implantation; embryo quality; pregnancy; Zona pellucida thickness

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMBRYO; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NIDATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZONA PELLUCIDA THICKNESS;

ADULT; CELL SIZE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; YOUNG ADULT; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84862981915     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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