Fatty acid composition of fertilization-failed human oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2227-2230

  Matorras, Roberto ^a,b   Ruiz, Jose Ignacio ^a   Mendoza, Rosario ^a   Ruiz, Natalia ^a   Sanjurjo, Pablo ^a   Rodriguez Escudero, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fatty acid composition; Human oocytes; In vitro fertilization; Lipid analysis; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CELL METABOLISM; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; OOCYTE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031670357     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.8.2227     Document Type: Article

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