Blastomere biopsy for PGD delays embryo compaction and blastulation: a time-lapse microscopic analysis

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1449-1457

  Bar El, Liron ^a   Kalma, Yael ^a   Malcov, Mira ^a   Schwartz, Tamar ^a   Raviv, Shaul ^a   Cohen, Tania ^a   Amir, Hadar ^a   Cohen, Yoni ^a   Reches, Adi ^a   Amit, Ami ^a   Ben Yosef, Dalit ^a,b  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blastomere biopsy; Embryo development; Morphokinetics; PGD; Time lapse microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOSCOPE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLASTOMERE BIOPSY; BLASTULA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME-LAPSE VIDEO MICROSCOPY; BIOPSY; BLASTOMA; GENETICS; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; METABOLISM; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPSY; BLASTOMERES; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84989165823     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-016-0813-2     Document Type: Article

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