Growth of human preimplantation embryos in vitro

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-119

  Mehta, Rajvi H ^a  

^a Hope Infertility Clinic and Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

blastocysts; culture media; embryos; IVF; sequential media

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHELATING AGENT; EDETIC ACID; HYPOXANTHINE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY; FALLOPIAN TUBE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO;

EID: 85006275666     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62235-3     Document Type: Article

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