Metabolic status of oocyte and IVF success - Is there a relationship?

Journal fur Fertilitat und Reproduktion

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 16-18

  Macas, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL METABOLISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; ZYGOTE;

EID: 33845567015     PISSN: 1019066X     EISSN: 16809416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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