The impact of oxygen tension on developmental competence of post-thaw human embryos

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1181-1184

  Petersen, Astrid ^a   Mikkelsen, Anne Lis ^a   Lindenberg, Svend ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Human; In vitro; Oxygen; Partial pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MORULA; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING;

CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 28344444966     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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