In vitro development and pregnancy outcomes for human embryos cultured in either a single medium or in a sequential media system

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1765-1770

  Sepúlveda, Soledad ^a   Garcia, Javier ^a   Arriaga, Elard ^a   Diaz, Julio ^a   Noriega Portella, Luis ^a   Noriega Hoces, Luis ^a  

^a Instituto de Ginecología y Reproducción   (Peru)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; sequential media; single medium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349183727     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.169     Document Type: Article

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