The history and principles of cryopreservation

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-13

  Pegg, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Cryoprotectant; Freezing

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL; ICE; POVIDONE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CELL DAMAGE; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSMOLALITY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERM; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 0036212263     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-23515     Document Type: Review

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