Comparison of human blastulation rates and total cell number in sequential culture media with and without co-culture

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 774-781

  Fong, Chui Yee ^a   Bongso, Ariff ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Sequential culture media; Total cell number; Vero cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTULA; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; GAS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032997961     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.3.774     Document Type: Article

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