A brief history of the development of the KSOM family of media

Human Fertility

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 12-16

  Summers, Michael C ^a  

^a London Bridge Fertility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CULTURE MEDIUM;

CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM SUPPLEMENTED SIMPLEX OPTIMISED MEDIUM; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REVIEW; ANIMAL; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; HISTORY; MOUSE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MICE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84903210467     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2014.919185     Document Type: Review

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