Direct effects of varying doses of oestradiol on early embryonic development in in vitro culture of rat's two-cell embryos

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 453-456

  Tong, Terry Y Y ^a   Goh, Victor H H ^a   Tain, Chee Fei ^a   Mok, Helen ^a   Tsang, Shirley ^a   Adiga, S K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Culture; Embryonic development; Oestradiol; Rat

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033938746     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y00-008     Document Type: Article

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