Oocyte cryopreservation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 98-108

  Fabbri, R ^a   Porcu, E ^a   Marsella, T ^a   Primavera, M R ^a   Seracchioli, R ^a   Ciotti, P M ^a   Magrini, O ^a   Venturoli, S ^a   Flamigni, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryoprotectants; Human; ICSI; IVF; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SUCROSE;

CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING;

EID: 0032450755     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_4.98     Document Type: Conference Paper

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