Amino acids promote human blastocyst development in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 749-756

  Devreker, F ^a   Hardy, K ^c   Van Den Bergh, M ^a,b   Vannin, A S ^a,b   Emiliani, S ^a,b   Englert, Y ^a,b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cell death; Cell numbers; Human blastocyst

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINEAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOSIS; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0035071559     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.4.749     Document Type: Article

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