Immune factors in human embryo culture and their significance

Medicina

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-239

  Čerkiene, Živile ^a,b   Eidukaite, Audrone ^a   Usoniene, Audrone ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Vaisingumo klinika   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Embryo; Immune factors; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL WELL BEING; HUMAN; MOUSE; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL VIABILITY; HUMANS; MICE; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PREGNANCY; SOMATOMEDINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 77954507860     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina46040032     Document Type: Review

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