Leukaemia inhibitory factor significantly enhances the blastocyst formation rates of human embryos cultured in serum-free medium

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-196

  Dunglison, G F ^a,b   Barlow, D H ^a   Sargent, I L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; Human blastocysts; IVF; LIF; Serum free medium

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO;

EID: 0030050963     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019016     Document Type: Article

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