Culture systems: Single step

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 912, Issue , 2012, Pages 199-209

  MacHtinger, Ronit ^a   Racowsky, Catherine ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo culture; Single medium

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EDETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; EDETIC ACID; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84864831027     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-971-6_12     Document Type: Article

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