Reduction in exposure of human embryos outside the incubator enhances embryo quality and blastulation rate

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 510-515

  Zhang, Jun Qiang ^a   Li, Xiu Ling ^a   Peng, Yuzhu ^a   Guo, Xirong ^a   Heng, Boon Chin ^b   Tong, Guo Qing ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ivymed International   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Culture; Embryo; Microenvironment; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYTE; BLASTULA; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; INCUBATOR; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 77951652417     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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