Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 74-79 , July 2004

Use of the egg-share model to investigate the paternal influence on fertilization and embryo development after in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection

  • Denny Sakkas, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Denny Sakkas, Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208063, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8063, USA (FAX: 203-785-7134).
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  • Yvonne D'Arcy, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • Gail Percival, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • Lucinda Sinclair, R.N.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • Masoud Afnan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • Khaldoun Sharif, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Received 25 July 2003 ,Revised 19 November 2003 ,Accepted 19 November 2003.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)00557-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.11.054

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 74-79 , July 2004

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