Factors controlling embryo viability

Human Fertility

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 225-234

  Hartshorne, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOPATHY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENOME; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MICROSCOPY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REVIEW; STAGING;

EID: 0035183634     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464727012000199571     Document Type: Review

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