Oocyte maturation and embryonic failure

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-236

  Moor, R M ^a   Dai, Y ^a   Lee, C ^a   Fulka Jr , J ^b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Developmental reprogramming; Hormonal stimulation; Intrafollicular signalling; Oocyte maturation; Preimplantation loss

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROGESTERONE;

BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEINIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SUCTION;

EID: 0031666006     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.3.223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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