A tilting embryo culture system increases the number of high-grade human blastocysts with high implantation competence

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 260-268

  Hara, Tetsuaki ^a   Matsuura, Koji ^b,c   Kodama, Takashi ^a   Sato, Keiko ^a   Kikkawa, Yuko ^a   Muneto, Tomomi ^a   Tanaka, Junko ^d   Naruse, Keiji ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

blastocyst; embryonic development; mechanical stimuli; microenvironment; tilting embryo culture system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; TILTING EMBRYO CULTURE SYSTEM;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

EID: 84875368863     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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