Prolonged culture of human cryopreserved embryos with recombinant human leukemia inhibitory factor

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 131-134

  Hsieh, Yao Yuan ^a   Tsai, Horng Der ^a   Chang, Chi Chen ^a   Hsu, Li Wei ^a,b   Chang, Su Chen ^a,b   Lo, Hui Yu ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Prolonged culture

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; RECOMBINANT CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MORULA; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPINS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOKINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033944111     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009426303742     Document Type: Article

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