The impact of cigarette smoking on zona pellucida thickness of oocytes and embryos prior to transfer into the uterine cavity | Zendy

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The impact of cigarette smoking on zona pellucida thickness of oocytes and embryos prior to transfer into the uterine cavity

Author(s) -

Hanna Shiloh

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deh029

Subject(s) - zona pellucida , zona , andrology , embryo , human fertilization , infertility , passive smoking , medicine , biology , oocyte , pregnancy , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , pathology , genetics , virus , viral disease

Smoking has been reported to promote infertility. The zona pellucida plays an important role in fertilization and implantation. We report, for the first time, the effect of cigarette smoking on zona pellucida thickness of oocytes and embryos as one of the factors that may interfere with fertility.

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