Evaluating the Quality of Human Embryos with a Measurement of Oxygen Consumption by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy

Journal of Mammalian Ova Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-7

  Utsunomiya, Takafumi ^a   Goto, Kaori ^a   Nasu, Megumi ^a   Kumasako, Yoko ^a   Araki, Yasuhisa ^b   Nasu, Masaki ^c   Itoh Sasaki, Takahiro ^d   Abe, Hiroyuki ^d  

^a St Luke Clinic   (Japan)

^b Institute for ARMT   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; Non invasive evaluation; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958739252     PISSN: 13417738     EISSN: 13475878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1274/jmor.25.2     Document Type: Article

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