[Method validation of a critical parameter in human embryos culture: culture media pH]

Lucie Chansel-Debordeaux1, Vincent Dagorne1, Monique Mercier1

  • 1Service de biologie de la reproduction-Cecos, CHU Bordeaux, France.

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