Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 121-125 , October 2008

Parthenogenetic Activation: Biology and Applications in the ART Laboratory

  • A. Paffoni

      Affiliations

    • Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Infertility Unit, via M. Fanti 6, 20122 Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 02 55034305; fax: +39 02 55034302.
    • ,
  • T.A.L. Brevini

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biomedical Embryology, Center for Stem Cell Research, University of Milan, via Celoria 10, 20133 Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • F. Gandolfi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biomedical Embryology, Center for Stem Cell Research, University of Milan, via Celoria 10, 20133 Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • G. Ragni

      Affiliations

    • Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Infertility Unit, via M. Fanti 6, 20122 Milan, Italy

,Accepted 7 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.08.005

Placenta
Volume 29 , Pages 121-125 , October 2008

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