Time to take human embryo culture seriously

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2174-2182

  Sunde, Arne ^a   Brison, Daniel ^b   Dumoulin, John ^c   Harper, Joyce ^d   Lundin, Kersti ^e   Magli, M Cristina ^f   Van Den Abbeel, Etienne ^g   Veiga, Anna ^h  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f SISMER   (Italy)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology; culture media; effect of in vitro culture on human embryos; European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology; regulation of culture media; transparency regarding composition of culture media

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LEGAL ASPECT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROGENY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84992411353     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew157     Document Type: Review

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