John D. Biggers: A conversation with Michael Summers & Catherine Racowsky

Human Fertility

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 211-221

  Summers, Michael C ^a   Racowsky, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHENOTYPE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH ETHICS; TISSUE CULTURE;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENGLAND; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY;

EID: 57749122284     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270802243237     Document Type: Article

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