First births with a simplified culture system for clinical IVF and embryo transfer

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 310-320

  Van Blerkom, Jonathan ^a,b   Ombelet, Willem ^c,d   Klerkx, Elke ^c   Janssen, Mia ^c   Dhont, Nathalie ^c   Nargund, Geeta ^d,e   Campo, Rudi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ROSE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Create Health Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accessible IVF; infertility; IVF in developed word; IVF in developing countires; low cost IVF; simplified IVF

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HATCHING; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PH; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUTINE CULTURE SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED CULTURE SYSTEM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TEMPERATURE;

ACCESSIBLE IVF; INFERTILITY; IVF IN DEVELOPED WORD; IVF IN DEVELOPING COUNTIRES; LOW-COST IVF; SIMPLIFIED IVF;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84895433103     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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