Quality control in human in vitro fertilization

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-324

  Gardner, David K ^a   Reed, Laura ^a   Linck, Donald ^a   Sheehan, Courtney ^a   Lane, Michelle ^b  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ART; Blastocyst; Culture; Embryo; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ASSAY; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; DONOR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MOUSE EMBRYO ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSMOLALITY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICE; OOCYTE DONATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 28444498329     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-923389     Document Type: Review

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