Glutamine improves human preimplantation development in vitro

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-299

  Devreker, F ^a   Winston, R M L ^a   Hardy, K ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Culture; Embryo; IVF; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNER CELL MASS; METABOLISM; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031929679     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00463-9     Document Type: Article

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