Fertilization and embryo quality of mature oocytes with specific morphological abnormalities

Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 156-162

  Yu, Eun Jeong ^a   Ahn, Hyojeong ^b   Lee, Jang Mi ^c   Jee, Byung Chul ^b,c   Kim, Seok Hyun ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dysmorphism; Embryo; Intracytoplasmic sperm injections; Oocytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000783884     PISSN: 22338233     EISSN: 22338241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2015.42.4.156     Document Type: Article

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