Characteristics of the cytoplasmic halo during fertilisation correlate with the live birth rate after fresh cleaved embryo transfer on day 2 in minimal ovarian stimulation cycles: a retrospective observational study

• Main Authors: Kenji Ezoe (Author), Tetsuya Miki (Author), Tadashi Okimura (Author), Kazuo Uchiyama (Author), Akiko Yabuuchi (Author), Tamotsu Kobayashi (Author), Keiichi Kato (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Information regarding the influence of cytoplasmic events during fertilisation on the clinical outcome remains limited. The cytoplasmic halo is one of these events. A previous study that used time-lapse technology found an association of the presence and morphokinetics of the cyt...