Effect of glutamine on preimplantation mouse embryo development in vitro

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1450-1454

  Rezk, Youssef ^a,b   Huff, Chris ^a   Rizk, Botros ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Embryo; Glutamine; Media; Mouse

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FISHER EXACT TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST;

EID: 2542504288     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.02.025     Document Type: Article

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