Analysis of compaction initiation in human embryos by using time-lapse cinematography

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 421-426

  Iwata, Kyoko ^a   Yumoto, Keitaro ^a   Sugishima, Minako ^a   Mizoguchi, Chizuru ^a   Kai, Yoshiteru ^a   Iba, Yumiko ^a   Mio, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a Reproductive Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compaction; Cytokinetic failure; Embryo; Multinucleated blastomere (MNB); Time lapse cinematography (TLC)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMA; CELL STRUCTURE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR DIVISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TIME LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84897524883     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0195-2     Document Type: Article

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