Culture and selection of viable blastocysts: A feasible proposition for human IVF?

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-382

  Gardner, David K ^a,c   Lane, Michelle ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; Implantation rate; Metabolism; Viability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE;

BIRTH; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SELECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030696589     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/3.4.367     Document Type: Review

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