Human cumulus cells as biomarkers for embryo and pregnancy outcomes

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 531-538

  Assou, Said ^a,b   Haouzi, Delphine ^a,b   de Vos, John ^a,b   Hamamah, Samir ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Cumulus cells; Embryo; Microarrays; Non invasive biomarkers; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL SELECTION; CUMULUS CELL; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METABOLOMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN DISEASE; NIDATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CUMULUS CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 77955137773     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaq032     Document Type: Review

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