Is there a link between blastomere contact surfaces of day 3 embryos and live birth rate?

• Main Authors: Paternot Goedele (Author), Spiessens Mathias (Author), Verstreken Dimitri (Author), Van Bauwel Johan (Author), Debrock Sophie (Author), D'Hooghe Thomas (Author), Spiessens Carl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cell-cell communication and adhesion are essential for the compaction process of early stage embryos. The aim of this study was to develop a non-invasive objective calculation system of embryo compaction in order to test the hypothes...