Evaluating the role of first polar body morphology on rates of fertilization and embryo development in ICSI cycles

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-115

  Halvaei, Iman ^a   Khalili, Mohammad Ali ^a   Soleimani, Mehrdad ^a   Razi, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Fertilization rate; First polar body; ICSI; Oocyte morphology

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; POLAR BODY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 85017316423     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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