Extended embryo culture in human assisted reproduction treatments

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 902-908

  Langley, M T ^a   Marek, D M ^a   Gardner, D K ^b   Doody, K M ^a   Doody, K J ^a  

^a Center for Assisted Reproduction   (United States)

^b National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Embryo development; Implantation; Pregnancy; Viability

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PRONUCLEUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0035003794     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.5.902     Document Type: Article

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