Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor messenger ribonucleic acid and protein in human preimplantation embryos

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1830-1832

  Hwu, Yuh Ming ^a,b   Chen, Chie Pein ^a,b   Li, Sheng Hsiang ^a   Chen, Peng Wu ^a   Lee, Robert Kuo kuang ^a   Fleming, Steven ^c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; OOCYTE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BLASTOCYST; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; OOCYTES; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33744531011     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.047     Document Type: Article

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