Relationship between human oocyte maturity, fertilization and follicular fluid growth factors

Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 902-906

  Artini, P G ^a   Battaglia, C ^a   Ambrogio, G D ^a   Barreca, A ^a,c   Droghini, F ^a   Volpe, A ^a,b   Genazzani, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follicular fluid; Growth factors; IVF embryo transfer; Oocyte maturity; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID;

EID: 0028362227     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138614     Document Type: Article

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