Non-invasive assessment of embryo viability by metabolomic profiling of culture media ('metabolomics')

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 502-507

  Nagy, Zsolt Peter ^a   Sakkas, Denny ^b   Behr, Barry ^c  

^a REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Embryo; Gamete; IVF; Metabolomics; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IN VITRO SELECTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METABOLOMICS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NIDATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLASTOCYST; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; HUMANS; METABOLOMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 54449099709     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60236-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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