Growth retardation in human blastocysts increases the incidence of abnormal spindles and decreases implantation potential after vitrification

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1528-1535

  Hashimoto, Shu ^a   Amo, Ami ^a   Hama, Satoko ^a   Ito, Keijiro ^a   Nakaoka, Yoshiharu ^a   Morimoto, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a IVF Namba Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

blastocyst; embryo transfer; growth retardation; implantation; spindle formation

Indexed keywords

4,6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ALPHA TUBULIN ANTIBODY; BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHLORMADINONE ACETATE; DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTRANA; GAMMA TUBULIN ANTIBODY; HOE 33342; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; LUTORAL; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTON DEPOT; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINDLE CELL; TISSUE SECTION; VITRIFICATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINDLE APPARATUS; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINDLE APPARATUS; TIME FACTORS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84878328988     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det059     Document Type: Article

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