The oviduct: A neglected organ due for re-assessment in IVF

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-240

  Ménézo, Yves ^a   Guérin, Pierre ^b   Elder, Kay ^c  

^a Laboratoire Clément   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c Bourn Hall Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

oviduct; preimplantation embryo

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; ELECTROLYTE; GROWTH FACTOR; STEROID; SUGAR; VITAMIN;

ANATOMY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROGENY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECTOGENESIS; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS); UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ECTOGENESIS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; ZYGOTE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER;

EID: 84924081473     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.11.011     Document Type: Review

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