Mitochondrial DNA content in embryo culture medium is significantly associated with human embryo fragmentation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2652-2660

  Stigliani, S ^a   Anserini, P ^a   Venturini, P L ^a,b   Scaruffi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cell free DNA; embryo fragmentation; human embryos; IVF; mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA CONTENT; DNA PURIFICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATERNAL AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CELL-FREE DNA; EMBRYO FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN EMBRYOS; IVF; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84885133553     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det314     Document Type: Article

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