Nitric oxide metabolite production in the human preimplantation embryo and successful blastocyst formation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 1316-1318

  Lipari, Christopher W ^a   Garcia, Jairo E ^a   Zhao, Yulian ^a   Thrift, Kimberly ^a   Vaidya, Dhananjay ^a   Rodriguez, Annabelle ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; HUMAN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 63249131616     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.108     Document Type: Article

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