Controlled comparison of commercial media for human in-vitro fertilization: Menezo B2 medium versus Medi-Cult universal and BM1 medium

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2548-2554

  Staessen, Catherine ^a   Janssenswillen, Cecile ^a   De Clerck, Eis ^a   Van Steirteghem, André ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commercial culture media; Controlled study; Human; IVF

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OOCYTE;

EID: 0031661444     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.9.2548     Document Type: Article

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