Fertilization and early embryology: Granulosa cell co-culture enhances human embryo development and pregnancy rate following in-vitro fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 408-414

  Freeman, Melanie R ^a   Whitworth, Christine M ^a   Hill, George A ^a  

^a CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Co culture; Embryo culture; Granulosa cells; Human blastocysts; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; LUTEAL CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0028913333     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a135953     Document Type: Article

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