Atypical embryo phenotypes identified by time-lapse microscopy: High prevalence and association with embryo development

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Athayde Wirka, Kelly ^a   Chen, Alice A ^a   Conaghan, Joe ^b   Ivani, Kristen ^c   Gvakharia, Marina ^d   Behr, Barry ^e   Suraj, Vaishali ^a   Tan, Lei ^a   Shen, Shehua ^a  

^a Auxogyn Inc   (United States)

^b Pacific Fertility Center   (United States)

^c Repro Sci Center of the Bay Area   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abnormal embryo development; Atypical phenotype; embryo selection; embryo viability assessment; time lapse microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TIME LAPSE MICROSCOPY;

ABNORMAL EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ATYPICAL PHENOTYPE; EMBRYO SELECTION; EMBRYO VIABILITY ASSESSMENT; TIME-LAPSE MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CALIFORNIA; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TIME FACTORS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84901755298     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.02.050     Document Type: Article

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