Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 1674-1679 , November 2008

Effect of human granulosa cell co-culture using standard culture media on the maturation and fertilization potential of immature human oocytes

  • Jane E. Johnson, M.S.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jane E. Johnson, M.S., Greenville Hospital System University Medical Group, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, 890 W. Faris Road, Suite 470, Greenville, SC 29605 (FAX: 864-455-8492).
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  • H. Lee Higdon III, Ph.D.
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  • William R. Boone, Ph.D.

Received 20 December 2006 ,Revised 27 April 2007 ,Accepted 11 June 2007.

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 Presented, in part, at “The First Seven Days: From Gametes to Blastocysts to Stem Cells” sponsored by Biosymposia, Tampa, Florida, April 26–28, 2006.

 Presented, in part, at the annual meeting of the American Board of Bioanalysts, Tampa, Florida, May 12–14, 2005.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01360-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.017

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 1674-1679 , November 2008

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