Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 328-334, March 2010

Addition of sphingosine-1-phosphate to human oocyte culture medium decreases embryo fragmentation

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, PO Box 113–6044/12 B, Beirut, Lebanon

Received 7 May 2009; received in revised form 16 June 2009; accepted 19 November 2009. published online 21 January 2010.

Declaration: The authors report no financial or commercial conflicts of interest.

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 Professor Antoine Hannoun is an associate professor in the American University of Beirut-Medical Center where he teaches medical students and residents in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in addition to practicing medicine. His sub-specialty is in reproductive endocrinology and infertility and he set up the hospital’s successful IVF program in 1993.

PII: S1472-6483(09)00271-5

doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.11.020

Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 328-334, March 2010