Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor significantly improves human blastocyst development and hatching in serum-free medium

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1645-1652

  Martin, K L ^a   Barlow, D H ^a   Sargent, I L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture medium; Growth factors; HB EGF; Human blastocyst; IVF

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLUCOSE; MATRIGEL; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL;

EID: 0031833826     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.6.1645     Document Type: Article

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