Maintenance of the inner cell mass in human blastocysts from fragmented embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1165-1169

  Hardy, Kate ^a,b   Stark, Jaroslav ^b   Winston, Robert M L ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Early development; Embryo; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; FLUOROCHROME; GLUCOSE; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; POLYNUCLEOTIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNER CELL MASS; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037377903     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.010090     Document Type: Article

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