An in vivo culture system for human embryos using an encapsulation technology: A pilot study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 790-796

  Blockeel, C ^a   Mock, P ^b,i   Verheyen, G ^a   Bouche, N ^b,c   Le Goff, Ph ^b   Heyman, Y ^d   Wrenzycki, C ^e   Hoffmann K ^e   Niemann, H ^f   Haentjens, P ^g   De Los Santos, M J ^h   Fernandez Sanchez, M ^h   Velasco, M ^b   Aebischer, P ^c   Devroey, P ^a   Simon C ^h,j  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Anecova Inc   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^f FLI   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^h INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Embryos; ICSI; In utero culture system; In vivo culture; Oocytes

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GANIRELIX; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL COUNT; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENCAPSULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; IN UTERU EMBRYO CULTURE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LOW DRUG DOSE; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SILASTIC TUBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 64949111559     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep005     Document Type: Article

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