Effect of freezing rate and exposure time to cryoprotectant on the development of mouse pronuclear stage embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2368-2373

  Nowshari, M A ^a,c   Brem, G ^b  

^a Interuniversitäres Forschungsinstitut für Agrarbiotechnologie   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Agrobiogen GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo; Mice; Rapid freezing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; EKLUTON; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NITROGEN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRONUCLEUS; SURVIVAL RATE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0035149050     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.11.2368     Document Type: Article

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