Cryostorage of human embryos: Time to decide

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 703-705

  Ruiz, Amparo ^a   Pérez, Inmaculada ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; SPAIN; STORAGE;

EID: 0030007348     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019235     Document Type: Short Survey

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