European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 52-56 , November 2009

A prospective randomized study to compare four different mineral oils used to culture human embryos in IVF/ICSI treatments

  • Christophe Sifer

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Service d’Histologie-Embryologie-Cytogénétique, CHU Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Service d’Histologie-Embryologie-Cytogénétique, Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, 93140 Bondy, France. Tel.: +33 1 48 02 68 95; fax: +33 1 48 02 68 79.
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  • Jean-Christophe Pont

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Service d’Histologie-Embryologie-Cytogénétique, CHU Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy, France
    • ,
  • Raphael Porcher

      Affiliations

    • Service de Biostatistique et d’Informatique Médicale, CHU Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Brigitte Martin-Pont

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Service d’Histologie-Embryologie-Cytogénétique, CHU Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy, France
    • ,
  • Brigitte Benzacken

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Service d’Histologie-Embryologie-Cytogénétique, CHU Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Philippe Wolf

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Service d’Histologie-Embryologie-Cytogénétique, CHU Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy, France

Received 11 February 2009 ,Revised 2 June 2009 ,Accepted 22 June 2009.

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PII: S0301-2115(09)00428-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.06.023

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 52-56 , November 2009

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