Improved methods for blastocyst formation and culture

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 256-265

  Ménézo, Yves ^a,b,c   Veiga, Anna ^b   Benkhalifa, Moncef ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Cytogenetique et de Procreation Medicalement Assistee   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Culture medium; Embryo; IVF

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; EDETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PYRUVIC ACID;

BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; COCULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPITHELIUM CELL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032459332     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_4.256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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