Ultrastructure of in vitro matured human oocytes

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Shahedi, Abbas ^a   Khalili, Mohammad Ali ^b   Soleimani, Mehrdad ^b   Morshedizad, Shekoufeh ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Germinal vesicle oocytes; In vitro maturation; Metaphase I oocytes; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84888786528     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.7379     Document Type: Article

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