Duration and temperature of culture medium equilibration affect frequency of blastocyst development

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 124-129

  Bavister, Barry D ^a,b   Poole, Kimberley A ^a  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocysts; Carbon dioxide; Embryo culture; Hamster; Incubators; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HAMSTER; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATING; MORULA; NONHUMAN; SEALED CONTAINER; SUPEROVULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 11944249328     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60813-9     Document Type: Article

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