Nine-day-old human embryo cultured in vitro: A clue to the origins of embryonic stem cells

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-325

  Fong, C Y ^a   Sathananthan, A Henry ^b,c   Wong, P C ^a   Bongso, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amnion; Embryoblast; ES cells; Post blastocyst; Trophoblast; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; STEM CELL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; THAWING; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 4544339748     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62148-7     Document Type: Article

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