Time-lapse imaging of embryo development: Using morphokinetic analysis to select viable embryos

Culture Media, Solutions, and Systems in Human ART

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 211-234

  Montag, Markus H M ^a   Pedersen, Kamilla S ^b   Ramsing, Niels B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Unisense AS   (Denmark)

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EID: 84923592884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139059053.018     Document Type: Chapter

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