Developmental potential of embryos produced by in-vitro fertilization from gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonist-treated macaques stimulated with recombinant human follicle stimulating hormone alone or in combination with luteinizing hormone

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 608-613

  Weston, A M ^a,d   Zelinski Wooten, M B ^a   Hutchison, J S ^b   Stouffer, R L ^a,c   Wolf, D P ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ares Advanced Technology   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic development; Recombinant human gonadotrophins; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; ITURELIX; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INNER CELL MASS; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029962784     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.3.608     Document Type: Article

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