Future of infertility treatment

International Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Manipalviratn, Somjate ^a,b   Huang, Andy ^a   Decherney, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging oocyte; Cryopreservation; Drug; Evaluation; Infertility; Robotic surgery; Treatment; Vaults

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; METABOLISM; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; ROBOTICS; SPERMATOZOA; TELOMERASE;

EID: 33750173747     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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