Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 348-352 , February 2008

Influence of well defined protein source on in vitro maturation of human oocyte: human follicular fluid versus human serum albumin

  • Byung Chul Jee, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Byung Chul Jee, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi 463–707, Korea (FAX: 82-031-787-4054).
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  • Sang Hoon Han, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Korea
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  • Jeong Hee Moon, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Korea
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  • Chang Suk Suh, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Korea
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Seok Hyun Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Seoul National University College of Medicine Assisted Reproductive Technology (SMART) Study Group

Received 12 September 2006 ,Revised 22 February 2007 ,Accepted 22 February 2007.

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 The first two authors contributed equally to this paper.

PII: S0015-0282(07)00520-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.052

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 348-352 , February 2008

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