Quality control in IVF with mouse bioassays: A four years' experience

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 733-738

  Van Den Bergh, M ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bioassay; embryo quality; fertilization rate; human in vitro fertilization; mouse; quality control; zygote

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029904003     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02066429     Document Type: Article

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