Antioxidative capacity of preimplantation embryo culture medium declines following the incubation of poor quality embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2493-2495

  Paszkowski, T ^a,b,c   Clarke, R N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chemiluminescence; Oxidative stress; Preimplantation embryos

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO;

EID: 0030462013     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019146     Document Type: Article

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