When and how should new technology be introduced into the IVF laboratory?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-313

  Harper, Joyce ^a   Cristina Magli, M ^b   Lundin, Kersti ^c   Barratt, Christopher L R ^d   Brison, Daniel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b SISMER   (Italy)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embryo selection; embryology; IVF; safety; technology

Indexed keywords

DNA; GROWTH FACTOR;

BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYOLOGY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; GAMETE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPECTROSCOPY; STEM CELL; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84855890370     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der414     Document Type: Review

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