The influence of Vero cell culture on human embryo development and chorionic gonadotrophin production in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1966-1974

  Turner, K ^a   Lenton, E A ^b  

^a Sheffield Fertility Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co culture; Hatching; HCG; Human blastocyst; Vero cells

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; VERO CELL;

EID: 0029823244     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019526     Document Type: Article

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