Cumulus gene expression as a predictor of human oocyte fertilisation, embryo development and competence to establish a pregnancy

Reproduction

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 629-637

  Anderson, R A ^a   Sciorio, R ^b   Kinnell, H ^a   Bayne, R A L ^c   Thong, K J ^b   De Sousa, P A ^d   Pickering, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GENE PRODUCT; GREMLIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71049139433     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0144     Document Type: Article

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