Hyaluronic acid can successfully replace albumin as the sole macromolecule in a human embryo transfer medium

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1434-1438

  Simon, Alex ^a   Safran, Anat ^a   Revel, Ariel ^a   Aizenman, Einat ^a   Reubinoff, Beni ^a   Porat Katz, Anat ^a   Lewin, Aby ^a   Laufer, Neri ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Culture medium; Embryo transfer; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronic acid; IVF

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MACROMOLECULE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037497954     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00349-2     Document Type: Article

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