Vitrification of mouse and human blastocysts using a novel cryoloop container-less technique

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1073-1078

  Lane, Michelle ^a   Schoolcraft, William B ^a   Gardner, David K ^a   Phil, D ^a  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cryopreservation; Culture; Viability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032702119     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00418-5     Document Type: Article

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