Cryopreserved embryos in the United States and their availability for research

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1063-1069

  Hoffman, David I ^b   Zellman, Gail L ^c   Fair, C Christine ^c   Mayer, Jacob F ^d   Zeitz, Joyce G ^a   Gibbons, William E ^d   Turner Jr , Thomas G ^e  

^a CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

^b IVF Florida Reproductive Associates   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^e St David's Dental Program   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; Cryopreservation; Cryopreserved embryos; IVF; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STEM CELL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037962998     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00172-9     Document Type: Article

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