Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 776-782 , December 2010

Individual demands of human embryos on IVF culture medium: influence on blastocyst development and pregnancy outcome

  • B. Wirleitner

      Affiliations

    • IVF Centers Prof. Zech–Bregenz GmbH, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • P. Vanderzwalmen

      Affiliations

    • IVF Centers Prof. Zech–Bregenz GmbH, Austria
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  • A. Stecher

      Affiliations

    • IVF Centers Prof. Zech–Bregenz GmbH, Austria
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  • M.H. Zech

      Affiliations

    • IVF Centers Prof. Zech–Bregenz GmbH, Austria
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  • M. Zintz

      Affiliations

    • IVF Centers Prof. Zech–Bregenz GmbH, Austria
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  • N.H. Zech

      Affiliations

    • IVF Centers Prof. Zech–Bregenz GmbH, Austria
    • Department for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Unit of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University of Graz, Austria

Received 12 March 2010 ,Revised 16 August 2010 ,Accepted 17 August 2010.

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 Barbara Wirleitner obtained her degree in microbiology with a special focus on cell biology from the University of Innsbruck (Austria) in 1996. She completed her PhD thesis in 1999 at the Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry and Boltzmann Institute of HIV research in Innsbruck on signal transduction pathways and induction of apoptosis in human lymphocytic cell lines. Barbara Wirleitner entered the field of embryology in 2008 at the IVF Centers Prof. Zech in Bregenz, Austria, where she is currently working. Her specific areas of interest include embryo development, embryo quality assessment and embryo cryopreservation.

PII: S1472-6483(10)00550-X

doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.08.003

Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 776-782 , December 2010

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