Assessing embryo viability by measurement of amino acid turnover

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 486-496

  Sturmey, Roger G ^a   Brison, Daniel R ^b   Leese, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal; Culture media; Human; IVF; Profiling; Selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 54449089633     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60234-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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