Compaction and surface polarity in the human embryo in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-37

  Nikas, George ^a   Ao, Asangla ^a   Winston, Robert M L ^a   Handyside, Alan H ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOMERE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EMBRYO POLARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROVILLUS; MORPHOLOGY; MORULA; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0029816117     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.1.32     Document Type: Article

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