Cryopreservation of activated mouse oocytes and zygote reconstitution after thaw

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Levron, Jacob ^a,b   Willadsen, Steen M ^c   Shimmel, Tim ^a   Cohen, Jacques ^a  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Sand Lake Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial egg activation; Cryopreservation; Nuclear transplantation; Zygote reconstitution

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRONUCLEUS; THAWING; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032450464     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_4.109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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