What does an embryo need?

Human Fertility

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 180-185

  Leese, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLIC BALANCE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 2342656305     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464770312331369463     Document Type: Review

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