The use of recombinant growth factors to promote human embryo development in serum-free medium

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 239-248

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Human blastocyst; IVF; Serum free culture medium

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GROWTH FACTOR;

BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NIDATION;

EID: 0032450811     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_4.239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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