Comparison of two blastocyst culture systems: coculture on Vero cells and sequential media

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1032-1035

  D'Estaing, Sandrine Giscard ^a   Lornage, Jacqueline ^a   Hadj, Samia ^a   Boulieu, Dominique ^a   Salle, Bruno ^a   Guérin, Jean François ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Blastocyst culture; Coculture; In vitro fertilization; Sequential culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TECHNIQUE; VERO CELL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0034761147     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02737-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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