Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 796-801 , December 2009

Pronuclear zygote score following intracytoplasmic injection of hyaluronan-bound spermatozoa: a prospective randomized study

Received 6 January 2009 ,Revised 4 February 2009 ,Accepted 10 August 2009.

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 Marc Van den Bergh graduated in 1977 in clinical chemistry from the Technical High School in Bruges, Belgium. He worked at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at the Dutch-Speaking Free University of Brussels between 1979 and 1989. He co-ordinated the IVF-laboratory team at the Fertility Clinic of the French-Speaking Free University of Brussels between 1990 and 2001. In 2001 he obtained a special Master’s degree in clinical embryology at the Danube University of Krems, Austria. He obtained his certification as Senior Clinical Embryologist in 2008 and since 2002 he has directed the IVF laboratory at the Kantonsspital Baden AG, Switzerland.Marc Van den Bergh

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