Human preembryo development on autologous endometrial coculture versus conventional medium

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1109-1113

  Barmat, Larry I ^a   Liu, Hung Ching ^a   Spandorfer, Steven D ^a   Xu, Kangpu ^a   Veeck, Lucinda ^a   Damario, Mark A ^a   Rosenwaks, Zev ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coculture; Endometrial; IVF ET

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; PREGNANCY RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032401015     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00335-5     Document Type: Article

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