Theoretical investigation into the dissolved oxygen levels in follicular fluid of the developing human follicle using mathematical modelling

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 408-417

  Redding, Gabe P ^a   Bronlund, John E ^a   Hart, Alan L ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; COMPUTER PREDICTION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OXYGEN;

EID: 40549090222     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07190     Document Type: Article

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