Evaluation of Embryo Quality by Metabolomics: A New Strategy to Aid Single Embryo Transfer

Journal of Mammalian Ova Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-31

  Sakkas, Denny ^a,b   Morita, Hiroshi ^c   Yamashita, Naoki ^c   Kato, Osamu ^c   Botros, Lucy ^b   Roos, Pieter ^b   Seli, Emre ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Molecular Biometrics LLC   (United States)

^c Kato Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryo metabolism; Embryo selection; In Vitro Fertilization; Metabolomics; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956281945     PISSN: 13417738     EISSN: 13475878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1274/jmor.25.26     Document Type: Article

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