Selection of viable mouse blastocysts prior to transfer using a metabolic criterion

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1975-1978

  Lane, Michelle ^a   Gardner, David K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryo; Fetal development; Glucose uptake; Glycolysis; Viability

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 0029797117     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019527     Document Type: Article

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