Effects of Glucose Concentration on in vitro Fertilization in BALB/c Mice

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 470-474

  Wu, H T ^a,b   Chou, C K ^a   Lin, C S ^c   Huang, M C ^b  

^a NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0346120019     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0936-6768.2003.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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