Evaluation of mouse blastocyst implantation rate by morphology grading

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-47

  Cheng, Tzu Chun ^a,b   Huang, Chun Chia ^a,b   Huang, Lii Sheng ^c   Chen, Chung I ^b   Lee, Maw Sheng ^b,d   Liu, Jer Yuh ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Lee Women's Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNGTAI INST HLTH SCI TECHNOL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Implantation rate; Inner cell mass (ICM); Trophectoderm (TE)

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL SELECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; IN VITRO SELECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; STUDENT T TEST; TROPHOBLAST; ZYGOTE;

EID: 1642444655     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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