A prospective comparison of 'in house' and commercially prepared Earle's balanced salt solution in human in-vitro fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1842-1846

  Karamalegos, C ^a   Boiton, V N ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture medium; Earle's balanced salt solution; IVF

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SALT SOLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032772397     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.7.1842     Document Type: Article

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