The neglected human blastocyst revisited

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1607-1610

  Bavister, B D ^a,b   Boatman, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030883736     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019596     Document Type: Short Survey

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