Setting standards for the levels of endotoxin in the embryo culture media of human in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 614-619

  Nagata, Y ^a   Shirakawa, K ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

culture medium; embryo development; Endotoxin; IVF ET; live birth; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENDOTOXIN; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

EID: 0029927838     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58164-3     Document Type: Article

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