Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 4 , Pages 1302-1307, September 2010

Mechanically expanding the zona pellucida of human frozen thawed embryos: a new method of assisted hatching

  • Cong Fang, Ph.D.
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  • Tao Li, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Tao Li, Ph.D., Reproductive Medicine Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China (FAX: 8620-87755766-8365).
    • ,
  • Ben-Yu Miao, M.D.
    • ,
  • Guang-Lun Zhuang, M.D.
    • ,
  • Canquan Zhou, M.D.

Reproductive Medicine Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Received 26 June 2009; received in revised form 7 August 2009; accepted 7 August 2009. published online 28 September 2009.

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 C.F. has nothing to disclose. T.L. has nothing to disclose. B-Y.M. has nothing to disclose. G-L.Z. has nothing to disclose. C.Z. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (No. 9151008901000018/No. 06300778); the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, No. 2007CB948103).

 Cong Fang and Tao Li contributed equally to this work.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03477-3

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.08.014

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 4 , Pages 1302-1307, September 2010

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