Nuclei number in human embryos co-cultured with human ampullary cells

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1678-1686

  Vlad, M ^a   Walker, D ^b   Kennedy, R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Woman Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ampullary cells; Co culture; Human embryos; Nuclei number

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 0029797717     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019469     Document Type: Article

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