Partial incision of the zona pellucida using piezo-micromanipulator improves in vitro fertilization using low-motility spermatozoa of infertile transgenic mice

Journal of Mammalian Ova Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-31

  Kawase, Yosuke ^a,b   Kamada, Nobuo ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b Chugai Research Institute for Medical Science Inc   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ART; Embryo transfer; Infertility; IVF; Mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009578855     PISSN: 13417738     EISSN: 13475878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1274/jmor.19.26     Document Type: Article

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