Comparison of 1,2-propanediol and ethylene glycol for cryopreservation of slow-cooled mouse zygotes and their subsequent development

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 234-240

  Bafrani, Hassan Hassani ^a,d   Salsabili, Naser ^a   Pasbakhsh, Parichehr ^a   Hassani, Hossein ^b   Movahedin, Mansoureh ^c   Al tarihi, Taghi ^c   Akbari, Firoozeh ^a   Keshavarz, Mansour ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; In vitro fertilization; Mouse; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GONADOTROPIN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; THAWING; TOXICITY TESTING; UTERINE TUBE; ZYGOTE; ZYGOTE SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SPERMATOZOA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0037634594     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024159512353     Document Type: Article

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