Application of vitrification to human embryo freezing

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-149

  Saito, Hidekazu ^a,b   Ishida, Gabriela M ^a   Kaneko, Tomoko ^a   Kawachiya, Satoshi ^a   Ohta, Nobuhiko ^a   Takahashi, Toshifumi ^a   Saito, Takakazu ^a   Hiroi, Masahiko ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryo; Embryo quality; Human; Pregnancy; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; LIQUID NITROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRESERVATION SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 0034087359     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010236     Document Type: Article

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