Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor promotes human blastocyst development in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3069-3076

  Sjoblom C ^a   Wikland, M ^a   Robertson, S A ^b  

^a Fertilitetscentrum AB   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Culture; Embryo; GM CSF; Growth factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0345440052     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.12.3069     Document Type: Article

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