Developmental capacity and pregnancy rate of tetrahedral-versus non-tetrahedral-shaped 4-cell stage human embryos

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 427-434

  Cauffman, G ^a   Verheyen, G ^a   Tournaye, H ^a   Van De Velde, H ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastomere arrangement; Cleavage plane; Embryo morphology; Embryo selection; Tetrahedron

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; BLASTOMERES; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897527134     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0185-4     Document Type: Article

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