Polar body transfer restores the developmental potential of oocytes to blastocyst stage in a case of repeated embryo fragmentation

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 563-571

  Zhang, Shuo Ping ^a,b   Lu, Chang Fu ^a,b,c   Gong, Fei ^a,b,c   Xie, Ping Yuan ^a,d   Hu, Liang ^a,b,c,d   Zhang, Shun Ji ^b   Lu, Guang Xiu ^a,b,c,d   Lin, Ge ^a,b,c,d  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC Xiangya   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^d National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cells   (China)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technique; Blastocyst; Embryo fragmentation; Polar body transfer

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METAPHASE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; POLAR BODY; POLAR BODY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHASE; OOCYTES; POLAR BODIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 85012199084     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-017-0881-y     Document Type: Article

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