Oocyte maturation. Basic and clinical aspects of in vitro maturation (IVM) with special emphasis of the role of FF-MAS

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Grøndahl, Christian ^a,b  

^a HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4 DIMETHYL 5 ALPHA CHOLEST 8,14,24 TRIEN 3 BETA OL; FOLLICULAR FLUID MEIOSIS ACTIVATING STEROL; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; 4,4 DIMETHYLCHOLESTA 8,14,24 TRIENOL; 4,4-DIMETHYLCHOLESTA-8,14,24-TRIENOL; CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER THERAPY; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; GOLD STANDARD; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; NUMERICAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; ZYGOTE;

CHOLESTENES; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; OOCYTES; ZYGOTE;

EID: 40949139660     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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