Cumulus cell gene expression as a marker of oocyte quality

Oogenesis

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 231-252

  Assidi, Mourad ^a,b   Sirard, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Competence; Cumulus; Gene expression; IVF; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924287467     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-826-3_17     Document Type: Chapter

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