Intracellular pH regulation in the human oocyte

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 964-970

  Dale, Brian ^a,d   Menezo, Yves ^b   Cohen, Jacques ^c   Dimatteo, Loredana ^a   Wilding, Martin ^d  

^a Biologia Della Riproduzione   (Italy)

^b Ctr de Biol Med de la F   (France)

^c SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human oocyte; Human preimplantation embryo; In vitro fertilization; Intracellular pH; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METAPHASE; MORULA; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PH; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO;

EID: 0031811734     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.4.964     Document Type: Article

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