Influence of atmospheric versus reduced oxygen concentration on development of human blastocysts in vitro: A prospective study on sibling oocytes

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Kovačič, Borut ^a   Vlaisavljevic V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo development; Oxygen concentration; Randomized study; Sibling oocytes

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GOSERELIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXYGEN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIBLING;

EID: 49749086882     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60199-X     Document Type: Article

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