A crucial step in assisted reproduction technology: human embryo selection using metabolomic evaluation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 772-774

  Marhuenda Egea, Frutos Carlos ^a   Martínez Sabater, Encarnación ^a   Gonsálvez Álvarez, Rubén ^a   Lledó, Belén ^b   Ten, Jorge ^b   Bernabeu, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Bernabeu Institute of Fertility and Gynecology   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO CULTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; BLASTOCYST; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 77953724131     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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