Temperature change in cryo-containers during short exposure to ambient temperatures

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1510-1512

  Tyler, John P P ^a   Kime, Lee ^a   Cooke, Simon ^a   Driscoll, Geoffrey L ^a  

^a IVFAustralia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryos; Semen; Temperature change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SPERM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029812605     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019427     Document Type: Article

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