Culture of viable human blastocysts in defined sequential serum-free media

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 148-160

  Gardner, David K ^a   Lane, Michelle ^b  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; Human metabolism; Viability

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID;

BLASTOCYST; CELL VIABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NIDATION; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; UTERUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031687715     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_3.148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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