Does the developmental stage at freeze impact on clinical results post-thaw?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-374

  Veeck, Lucinda L ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cryopreservation; Freeze; Thaw

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRADIOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROGESTERONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CALCULATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THAWING; VITRIFICATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0037963579     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61859-7     Document Type: Article

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