The state of the art of in vitro fertilization

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 3 E, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 264-278

  Fechner, Adam J ^a   McGovern, Peter G ^a  

^a Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro Fertilization; In vitro Maturation; Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis; Proteomics; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; KARYOTYPING; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; POLAR BODY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEOMICS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SECRETOMICS; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METABOLOMICS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 79957850892     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/e242     Document Type: Article

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