Embryo culture media for human ivf: Which possibilities exist?;İnsan İVF'i için embriyo kültür ortamı: Hangi olasılıklar mevcut?

Journal of the Turkish German Gynecology Association

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-117

  Gruber, Irmhild ^a   Klein, Matthias ^a  

^a Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

'let the embryo choose'; Back to nature; Culture media; Media components

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BUFFER; CARBOHYDRATE; EDETIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GROWTH FACTOR; VITAMIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL VOLUME; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INCUBATION TIME; LIVE BIRTH; MACROMOLECULE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PH; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EID: 79960115006     PISSN: 13090399     EISSN: 13090380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/jtgga.2011.25     Document Type: Article

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