Medium without ammonium accumulation supports the developmental competence of human embryos

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 370-374

  Hashimoto, Shu ^a   Nishihara, Takuji ^a   Murata, Yasutaka ^a,c   Oku, Hirotsugu ^a   Nakaoka, Yoshiharu ^b   Fukuda, Aisaku ^b   Morimoto, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a The Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility   (Japan)

^b IVF Osaka Clinic   (Japan)

^c Toyota Fertility Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Embryo; Human; Stable glutamine derivative

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TAURINE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TAURINE; VITAMINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 55849145181     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20012     Document Type: Article

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