Is there a relationship between time-lapse parameters and embryo sex?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 396-401.e2

  Bronet, Fernando ^a   Nogales, María Carmen ^a   Martínez, Eva ^a   Ariza, Marta ^a   Rubio, Carmen ^b   García Velasco, Juan Antonio ^a   Meseguer, Marcos ^a  

^a Departamento de Diagnostico Genetico Preimplantacional   (Spain)

^b IGenomix   (Spain)

Author keywords

embryo development; Growth; preimplantation; sex; time lapse

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEX; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORULA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SEX RATIO; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADULT; EMBRYO CULTURE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84923169245     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.10.050     Document Type: Article

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