Improved cleavage rate of human embryos cultured in antibiotic-free medium

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1520-1524

  Magli, M Cristina ^a   Gianaroli, L ^a   Fiorentino, A ^a   Ferraretti, A P ^a   Fortini, D ^a   Panzella, S ^a  

^a Reproductive Medicine Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cellular stage; Culture medium; Human embryos

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0029789090     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019430     Document Type: Article

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