In-vitro culture of human embryos with mechanical micro-vibration increases implantation rates

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 536-544

  Isachenko, Vladimir ^a   Maettner, Robert ^b   Sterzik, Karl ^b   Strehler, Erwin ^b   Kreinberg, Rolf ^a   Hancke, Katharina ^a   Roth, Steffen ^c   Isachenko, Evgenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Endokrinologikum Ulm   (Germany)

^c Xceltis GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

embryo; human; implantation; in vitro culture; Pregnancy; vibration

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROVIBRATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; VIBRATION;

EID: 79958029149     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.02.006     Document Type: Review

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