Analysis of chorionic gonadotrophin secreted by cultured human blastocysts

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 517-521

  Lopata, A ^a   Oliva, K ^a   Stanton, P G ^b   Robertson, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst culture; Chromatofocusing; Embryo ploidy; HCG isoforms; HCG secretion

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; PLOIDY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SECRETION;

BLASTOCYST; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; PLOIDIES;

EID: 0031155522     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.6.517     Document Type: Article

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