Fracture damage of embryos and its prevention during vitrification and warming

Cryobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 459-464

  Kasai, M ^a   Zhu, S E ^a   Pedro, P B ^a   Nakamura, K ^a   Sakurai, T ^a   Edashige, K ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030209937     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1996.0046     Document Type: Article

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