The spatial arrangement of blastomeres at the 4-cell stage and IVF outcome

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 198-203

  Paternot, Goedele ^a   Debrock, Sophie ^a   De Neubourg, Diane ^a   D'Hooghe, Thomas M ^a   Spiessens, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

4 cell stage embryos; embryo quality; embryo selection; IVF; live birth rate; spatial arrangement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE;

4-CELL-STAGE EMBRYOS; EMBRYO QUALITY; EMBRYO SELECTION; IVF; LIVE BIRTH RATE; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT;

BLASTOMERES; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84893264180     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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