Preliminary clinical experience with human blastocyst development in vitro without co-culture

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 454-457

  Behr, B ^a   Pool, T B ^b   Milki, A A ^a   Moore, D ^a   Gebhardt, J ^a   Dasig, D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Development; Embryo culture; Implantation; Sequential culture

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCEROL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; MINERAL OIL;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INNER CELL MASS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032977125     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.2.454     Document Type: Article

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