Fertilization and development of mouse oocytes cryopreserved using a theoretically optimized protocol

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1296-1305

  Karlsson, Jens O M ^a   Eroglu, Ali ^a   Toth, Thomas L ^a   Cravalho, Ernest G ^b   Toner, Mehmet ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Shriners Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Mouse oocytes; Optimization; Rational design; Theoretical modelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030054462     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019375     Document Type: Article

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