Viability of partially damaged human embryos after cryopreservation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2006-2010

  Van den Abbeel, Etienne ^a   Camus, Michel ^a   Van Waesberghe, Linda ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a   Van Steirteghem, André C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo; Human; Viability

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOMERE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030828628     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.9.2006     Document Type: Article

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31. Received on December 12, 1996: accepted on July 1, 1997