The effect of quick-freezing in ethylene glycol on morphological survival and in vitro development of mouse embryos frozen at different preimplantation stages

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-50

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

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

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo cryopreservation; Ethylene glycol; Mouse embryo; Rapid freezing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FREEZING; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; THAWING;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031177813     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00190-8     Document Type: Article

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