Cryopreservation of human oocytes and fertilization by two techniques: In-vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 2650-2654

  Kazem, R ^a   Thompson, L A ^a   Srikantharajah, A ^a   Laing, M A ^a   Hamilton, M P R ^a   Ton, A Temple ^a  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Human; ICSI; IVF; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0028892490     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a135761     Document Type: Article

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