The impact of pronuclei morphology and dynamicity on live birth outcome after time-lapse culture

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2649-2657

  Azzarello, A ^a   Hoest, T ^a   Mikkelsen, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

live birth; pregnancy; preimplantation embryo; pronuclei dynamics; zygote scoring

Indexed keywords

LUTINUS; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRONUCLEUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME LAPSE CULTURE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84864959425     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des210     Document Type: Article

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