The impact of examining the meiotic spindle by polarization microscopy on assisted reproduction outcomes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Picinato, Maria C ^a   Martins, Wellington P ^a,b,c   Giorgenon, Roberta C ^a   Santos, Camila K B ^a   Ferriani, Rui A ^a,b   Navarro, Paula A A S ^a,b   De Sá Rosa E Silva, Ana C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Researcher of National Counsel of Technological Scientific Development of Brazil (CNPq)   (Brazil)

^c Ultrasonography and Retraining Medical School of Ribeirão Preto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive techniques; comparative study; Oocytes; polarization microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEIOTIC SPINDLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OOCYTES; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84895071273     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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