Cryopreservation in human assisted reproduction is now routine for embryos but remains a research procedure for oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 161-177

  Mandelbaum, Jacqueline ^a,b   Belaïsch Allart, Joëlle ^c   Junca, Anne Marie ^a,b,d   Antoine, Jean Marie ^b   Plachot, Michelle ^a,c   Alvarez, Sylvia ^b   Alnot, Marie Odile ^a   Salat Baroux, Jacques ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Jean Rostand   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D EYLAU   (France)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo; Human; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SUCROSE;

BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREGNANCY RATE; THAWING; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031670054     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_3.161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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