Effect of different co-culture systems in early human embryo development

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1525-1528

  Feng, H L ^a,b   Wen, X H ^b   Amet, T ^c   Presser, S C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Univ of Agric and Animal Sciences   (China)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New Margaret Hague Women's Hlth I   (United States)

Author keywords

Co culture; Embryo culture; Human fertilization in vitro

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0029788407     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019431     Document Type: Article

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