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Micromanipulation in Assisted Conception

Robert S King author Steven D Fleming author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:30th Aug '12

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This 2003 book is a comprehensive and highly illustrated guide to micromanipulation techniques in assisted conception in a clinical setting.

This practical 2003 handbook provides a comprehensive, highly illustrated and up-to-date guide to micromanipulation techniques in assisted conception in a clinical setting. It includes detailed, illustrated descriptions of all the common micromanipulation systems currently in use and will be of help to scientists and doctors in ART.This practical 2003 handbook provides an extremely comprehensive and highly illustrated guide to micromanipulation techniques in assisted conception in a clinical setting. It includes detailed, illustrated descriptions of all the common micromanipulation systems currently in use in IVF laboratories around the world and clearly explains how to optimise their successful use. The volume covers state-of-the-art techniques including intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and procedures such as assisted hatching and the blastomere biopsy (for preimplantation genetic diagnosis PGD). Valuable information on troubleshooting the potential mechanical and technical difficulties that can arise is provided to help all the practitioners of these techniques, including trainee embryologists and consultant obstetricians, and technicians and scientists involved in animal transgenesis and cloning. It will undoubtedly be of immense value to all doctors and scientists working with assisted reproductive technologies.

Review of the hardback: 'Its meticulous design, explicit writing style and practical analysis provide a reliable, hands-on manual on assisted conception micromanipulation techniques.' The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

ISBN: 9781107406940

Dimensions: 246mm x 189mm x 14mm

Weight: 480g

268 pages