A new source of human oocytes: Preliminary report on the identification and maturation of human preantral follicles from follicular aspirates

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2561-2563

  Wu, Ji ^a   Zhang, Lizhu ^a   Liu, Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Culture; Follicle; Human aspirates; Maturation; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION;

EID: 0031659733     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.9.2561     Document Type: Article

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