Glucose consumption of single post-compaction human embryos is predictive of embryo sex and live birth outcome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1981-1986

  Gardner, David K ^a   Wale, Petra L ^a   Collins, Rebecca ^b   Lane, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Repromed   (Australia)

Author keywords

blastocyst; embryo selection; morula; single embryo transfer; viability

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MICROFLUOROMETRY; SEX DETERMINATION;

EID: 79960512930     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der143     Document Type: Article

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