Assisted oocyte activation following ICSI fertilization failure

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 560-571

  Vanden Meerschaut, Frauke ^a   Nikiforaki, Dimitra ^a   Heindryckx, Björn ^a   De Sutter, Petra ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

assisted oocyte activation; diagnosis; failed fertilization; ICSI; male infertility; safety

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ACTIVATING AGENT; DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM;

ASSISTED OOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FERTILIZATION FAILURE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84899982237     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.01.008     Document Type: Review

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