Current status of vitrification of embryos and oocytes in domestic animals: Ethylene glycol as an emerging cryoprotectant of choice

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 183-191

  Bautista, Jose Arceo N ^a   Kanagawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryoprotectant; Embryos; Ethylene glycol; Oocytes; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; OOCYTES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031812511     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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