Comparison of embryo development in sibling oocytes cultured in two different sequential media

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-156

  Findikli, Necati ^a   Kahraman, Semra ^a   Donmez, Ersan ^a   Sertyel, Semra ^a   Melil, Sureyya ^a   Benkhalifa, Moncef ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Advanced Technologies Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

Human embryo development; Sequential media; Severe male infertility; Sibling oocytes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYO; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARAMETER; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SIBLING;

EID: 4544240123     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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