Oocyte cryopreservation and in vitro culture affect calcium signalling during human fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-40

  Nikiforaki, D ^a   Vanden Meerschaut, F ^a   Qian, C ^a   De Croo, I ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Deroo, T ^a   Van Den Abbeel, E ^a   Heindryckx, B ^a   De Sutter, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calcium oscillations; Fertilization; Oocyte maturation; Oocyte vitrification

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL AGING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OSCILLATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; SPERM; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALIA;

CALCIUM OSCILLATIONS; FERTILIZATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FREEZING; FURA-2; HUMANS; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; MALE; OOCYTES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84890761224     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det404     Document Type: Article

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