Effect of oxygen concentration on human in vitro fertilization and embryo culture

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 465-469

  Dumoulin, John C M ^a   Meijers, Chantal J J ^a   Bras, Marijke ^a   Coonen, Edith ^a   Geraedts, Joep P M ^a   Evers, Johannes L H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Oxygen; Preimplantation development

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NIDATION; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033051680     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.2.465     Document Type: Article

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