Ultra-rapid freezing of very low numbers of sperm using cryoloops

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 788-795

  Schuster, Timothy G ^a   Keller, Laura M ^a   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Ohl, Dana A ^a   Smith, Gary D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Oligozoospermia; Sperm; Ultra rapid freezing

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; DILUTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING;

EID: 0037385643     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg162     Document Type: Article

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