Rapid freezing of mouse embryos in ethylene glycol at different preimplantation stages

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-465

  Cseh, S ^a   Wang, G ^a   Corselli, J ^a   Nehlsen Cannarella, S L ^a   Bailey, L L ^a   Szalay, A A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo freezing; Ethylene glycol; Mouse embryo; Rapid freezing

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PREGNANCY; SUCROSE;

EID: 0030325874     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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