Pregnancy derived from human zygote pronuclear transfer in a patient who had arrested embryos after IVF

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 529-533

  Zhang, John ^a,b   Zhuang, Guanglun ^c   Zeng, Yong ^c   Grifo, Jamie ^d   Acosta, Carlo ^c   Shu, Yimin ^c   Liu, Hui ^a,b  

^a Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility ^*  (China)

^b New Hope Fertility Center   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cytoplasm; nucleus; oocyte; pronuclear transfer; zygote

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOPLASM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROFUSION (CELL); EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; KARYOTYPE; NULLIGRAVIDA; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURVIVAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; ZYGOTE; MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84981724779     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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