Effect of micro-vibration culture system on embryo development

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 835-841

  Hur, Yong Soo ^a,b   Park, Jeong Hyun ^a,b   Ryu, Eun Kyung ^b   Park, Sung Jin ^b   Lee, Jun Ho ^b   Lee, Soo Hee ^b   Yoon, Jung ^c   Yoon, San Hyun ^c   Hur, Chang Young ^b   Lee, Won Don ^b   Lim, Jin Ho ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Maria Infertility Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Maria Research Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dynamic culture; Embryo culture; Micro vibration; Static culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEVICES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MICROVIBRATION CULTURE SYSTEM; MICROVIBRATOR; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; VIBRATION;

MUS;

EID: 84879844929     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0007-0     Document Type: Article

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