The role of pregnancy-specific β-1 glycoprotein (SP1) in assessing human blastocyst quality in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1038-1042

  Saith, R R ^a   Bersinger, N A ^b   Barlow, D H ^a   Sargent, I L ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blastocyst quality; Human blastocyst; IVF; Pregnancy specific 1 glycoprotein; SP1

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY SPECIFIC BETA1 GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0030013971     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019293     Document Type: Article

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