The effect of two distinct levels of oxygen concentration on embryo development in a sibling oocyte study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1073-1079

  Kasterstein, Esti ^a,b   Strassburger, Deborah ^a,b   Komarovsky, Daphna ^a,b   Bern, Orna ^a,b   Komsky, Alisa ^a,b   Raziel, Arieh ^a,b   Friedler, Shevach ^a,b   Ron El, Raphael ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blastocysts; Embryo culture; Oxygen; Pregnancy rates; Preimplantation development

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84885661923     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0032-z     Document Type: Article

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