The fate of cryopreserved human embryos approaching their legal limit of storage within a West Australian in-vitro fertilization clinic

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2343-2344

  Darlington, Neroli ^a   Matson, Phillip ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo donation; Storage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; STORAGE; TIME;

EID: 0032880222     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.9.2343     Document Type: Article

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