Hyaluronic Acid inclusion in embryo transfer media for assisted reproductive technologies

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Blake, Debbie ^a   Johnson, Neil ^b   Williams, Eleanor C ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

BIRTH RATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW;

EID: 55049111199     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007421     Document Type: Review

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