Effect of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor on growth, resistance to freezing and thawing and re-expansion of murine blastocysts

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-101

  Papayannis, Mercedes ^a   Eyheremendy, Victoria ^a   Sanjurjo, Claudia ^a   Blaquier, Jorge ^a   Raffo, Fernanda G E ^a  

^a Fertilab   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blastocyst freezing; Blastocyst re expansion; Blastocyst thawing; GM CSF and embryo growth

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; NEUTROMAX; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; INCUBATION TIME; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33846524760     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60770-5     Document Type: Article

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