Vascular endothelial growth factor level changes during human embryo development in culture medium

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 184-187

  Artini, Paolo Giovanni ^a   Valentino, Valeria ^a   Monteleone, Patrizia ^a   Simi, Giovanna ^a   Parisen Toldin, Maria Rosaria ^a   Cristello, Francesca ^a   Cela, Vito ^a   Genazzani, Andrea Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Implantation; In vitro fertilization; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELLS, CULTURED; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 41649095184     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590801893117     Document Type: Article

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