Interest of co-cultures for embryos obtained by in-vitro fertilization: A French collaborative study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1043-1046

  Guerin, Jean François ^a,b,c   Nicollet, Bernard ^a,d  

^a GEFF: Grp d'Etud de la F   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Institut Rhonalpin   (France)

Author keywords

Birth abnormalities; Co cultures; Human blastocysts; In vitro fertilization; Vero cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLASTOCYST; COCULTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERO CELL;

EID: 0030955771     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.5.1043     Document Type: Article

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