Embryo quality and implantation rate in two different culture media: ISM1 versus Universal IVF Medium

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1859-1863

  Xella, Susanna ^a   Marsella, Tiziana ^a   Tagliasacchi, Daniela ^a   Giulini, Simone ^a   La Marca, Antonio ^a   Tirelli, Alessandra ^a   Volpe, Annibale ^a  

^a Fertility Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Culture medium; embryo metabolism; implantation rate; imprinting

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; NUCLEOTIDE; PYRUVIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; ENERGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; ISM1 MEDIUM; LABORATORY; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSAL IVF MEDIUM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949917974     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.030     Document Type: Article

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