Increased incidence of aberrant morphological phenotypes in human embryogenesis--an association with endometriosis.

doi:10.1007/BF02211378

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Increased incidence of aberrant morphological phenotypes in human embryogenesis--an association with endometriosis.

Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics - 1 Feb 1995

Brizek C L, Schlaff S, Pellegrini V A, Frank J B, Worrilow K C

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PURPOSE: After noticing specific aberrant forms of development in preimplantation embryos from women with endometriosis, we embarked upon this study in order to examine the frequency of these events as compared with controls. METHODS: A total of 235 embryos representing 30 women undergoing 56 cyc...

Topics

Blastocyst
Cell Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Endometriosis
Female
Fertilization in Vitro
Humans
Infertility, Female
Microscopy, Video
Organelles
Phenotype
Retrospective Studies

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