Acta Med. 2008, 51: 165-172

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.19

The Cultivation of Human Granulosa Cells

Lenka Brůčkováa,b, Tomáš Soukupa, Jiří Moosc, Martina Moosovád, Jana Pavelkovád, Karel Řežábekd, Benjamín Víšeka, Jaroslav Mokrýa

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Histology and Embryology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bUniversity of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical-Technology, Department of Biological and Biochemical Science, Pardubice, Czech Republic
cSigma-Aldrich, Prague, Czech Republic
dCharles University in Prague, 1st Medical Faculty and General Teaching Hospital in Prague, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assisted Reproduction Center, Prague, Czech Republic

Received May 1, 2008
Accepted September 1, 2008

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