Emerging technologies for the molecular study of infertility, and potential clinical applications

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-456

  Varghese, Alex C ^a,b   Goldberg, Eric ^c   Bhattacharyya, Asok K ^a,b   Agarwal, Ashok ^c  

^a DeCode Life Foundation   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; IVF; Microbiology; Research; Technology

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; PENTRAXIN 3;

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ASTHENOSPERMIA; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLOMICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OLIGOSPERMIA; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35248883543     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60372-0     Document Type: Article

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