Individual demands of human embryos on IVF culture medium: Influence on blastocyst development and pregnancy outcome

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 776-782

  Wirleitner, B ^a   Vanderzwalmen, P ^a   Stecher, A ^a   Zech, M H ^a   Zintz, M ^a   Zech, N H ^a,b  

^a IVF Centers Prof Zech Bregenz GmbH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Culture medium; Embryo; Implantation; Live birth rate; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78649523079     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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