Morphological and cytogenetic assessment of cleavage and blastocyst stage embryos

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-126

  Fragouli, E ^a,b   Alfarawati, S ^b   Spath, K ^a   Wells, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Reprogenetics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

ACGH; Aneuploidy; Blastocyst stage; Cleavage stage; Embryo morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TRISOMY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ACGH; ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST STAGE; CLEAVAGE STAGE; EMBRYO MORPHOLOGY;

ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84892499449     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gat073     Document Type: Article

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