Routine addition of human insulin-like growth factor-I ligand could benefit clinical in-vitro fertilization culture

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3144-3150

  Lighten, Antony D ^a   Moore, Gudrun E ^a   Winston, Robert M L ^a   Hardy, Kate ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cell number; Embryo; Growth factor; Preimplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAND BINDING; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS FLUID;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0031721667     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.11.3144     Document Type: Article

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