Cryopreservation of mouse oocytes using a medium with low sodium content: Effect of plunge temperature

Cryobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-12

  Stachecki, James J ^a   Willadsen, Steen M ^a  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline chloride; Cryopreservation; Mouse; Oocytes

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; IN VITRO STUDY; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034054426     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1999.2215     Document Type: Article

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