A prospective randomized study to compare four different mineral oils used to culture human embryos in IVF/ICSI treatments

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-56

  Sifer, Christophe ^a   Pont, Jean Christophe ^a   Porcher, Raphael ^b   Martin Pont, Brigitte ^a   Benzacken, Brigitte ^a   Wolf, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Culture media; Embryo quality; IVF ICSI; Mineral oil

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LIQUID PARAFFIN; MINERAL OIL; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED OVARIAN STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 71749097974     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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