Multinucleation in cleavage stage embryos

Van Royen, Eric; Mangelschots, Kathelijne; Vercruyssen, Miet; De Neubourg, Diane; Valkenburg, Marion; Ryckaert, Greet; Gerris, Jan

doi:10.1093/humrep/deg201

Multinucleation in cleavage stage embryos

Author:

Van Royen, Eric

Mangelschots, Kathelijne ; Vercruyssen, Miet ; De Neubourg, Diane ; Valkenburg, Marion ; Ryckaert, Greet ; Gerris, Jan

Keywords:

Adult, Cell Nucleus, Cleavage Stage, Ovum, Embryo Implantation, Embryo, Mammalian, Female, Fertilization in Vitro, Humans, Retrospective Studies, Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Biology, cleavage stage embryos, embryo assessment, fragmentation, implantation rate, multinucleation, IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION, BLASTOMERES, IMPLANTATION, PREGNANCY, RATES, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, 16 Studies in Human Society, Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, 3215 Reproductive medicine

Abstract:

The aim was to analyse multinucleation in relation to its incidence in time and in the population, and its correlation with clinical variables, with other morphological characteristics and with the implantation rate of cleavage stage embryos.