Noninvasive metabolomic profiling of embryo culture media using proton nuclear magnetic resonance correlates with reproductive potential of embryos in women undergoing in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2183-2189

  Seli, Emre ^a   Botros, Lucy ^b,c   Sakkas, Denny ^a,d   Burns, David H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Molecular Biometrics LLC   (Canada)

^d Molecular Biometrics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

culture media; embryo viability; IVF; Metabolomics; proton NMR; reproductive potential; spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METABOLOMICS; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLOMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROTONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56649121905     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1739     Document Type: Article

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