Dissociation between intracellular calcium elevation and development of human oocytes treated with calcium ionophore

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1086-1092

  Rinaudo, Paolo ^b   Massobrio, Marco ^b   Pepperell, John R ^a   Keefe, David L ^a   Buradgunta, Syam ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calcium; IVF; Oocytes; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONOMYCIN; IONOPHORES; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES;

EID: 0031465772     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00406-8     Document Type: Article

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