Can the developmental competence of early human embryos be predicted effectively in the clinical IVF laboratory?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1610-1614

  Van Blerkom, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Reproductive Genetics In Vitro   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PREDICTION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030984022     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019597     Document Type: Short Survey

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