Assessment of growth factor effects on post-thaw development of cryopreserved mouse morulae to the blastocyst stage

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 410-418

  Desai, Nina ^a   Lawson, Julia ^a   Goldfarb, James ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Co culture; Cryopreservation; EGF; Growth factors; IGF

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HATCHING; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; THAWING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033957298     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.2.410     Document Type: Article

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