A comparison of in vitro fertilization outcome by culture media used for developing cleavage-stage embryos

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-182

  Summers Chase, D ^a   Check, J H ^a,b   Swenson, K ^a   Yuan, W ^a   Brittingham, D ^a   Barci, H ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture media; Fresh embryo transfer; Frozen transfer; Glucose free; Phosphate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TUBAL FLUID MEDIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; P1 CULTURE MEDIUM; PREGNANCY; QUINN ADVANTAGE MEDIUM;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; PHOSPHATES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644242298     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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