Prospective randomized comparison of two embryo culture systems: P1 medium by irvine scientific and the cook IVF medium

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 291-295

  Ben Yosef, Dalit ^a   Amit, Ami ^a   Azem, Foad ^a   Schwartz, Tamar ^a   Cohen, Tania ^a   Mei Raz, Nava ^a   Carmon, Ariela ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Yaron, Yuval ^b  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

culture media; implantation rate; IVF; preimplantation embryo development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELIVERY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 5444245442     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JARG.0000043702.35570.56     Document Type: Article

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