Chromosomal meiotic segregation, embryonic developmental kinetics and DNA (hydroxy)methylation analysis consolidate the safety of human oocyte vitrification

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 535-544

  de Munck, N ^a,b   Petrussa, L ^a   Verheyen, G ^b   Staessen, C ^c   Vandeskelde, Y ^c   Sterckx, J ^b   Bocken, G ^b   Jacobs, K ^a   Stoop, D ^b   de Rycke, M ^a,c   van de Velde, H ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Morphokinetics; Oocyte; PB biopsy; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KINETICS; LIVING DONOR; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; POLAR BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; VITRIFICATION; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; PROCEDURES; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; KINETICS; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84936747418     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gav013     Document Type: Article

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