A randomized comparison of the cryopreservation of one-cell human embryos with a slow controlled-rate cooling procedure or a rapid cooling procedure by direct plunging into liquid nitrogen

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1554-1560

  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; In vitro fertilization; One cell human embryos

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; THAWING;

EID: 0030881272     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.7.1554     Document Type: Article

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