Improving human embryos selection in IVF: Non-invasive metabolomic and chemometric approach

Metabolomics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-256

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Bernabeu Institute of Fertility and Gynecology   (Spain)

^c IB Biotech   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemometric tools; Culture media; Embryo viability; HPLC MS MS; IVF; NMR; Pregnancy potential

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROLINE; SERINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INTERVAL PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE REGRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; NIDATION; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOFT INDEPENDENT MODELING OF CLASS ANALOGY;

EID: 79957514847     PISSN: 15733882     EISSN: 15733890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-010-0245-4     Document Type: Article

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