Vitrification of human blastocysts with the Hemi-Straw carrier: Application of assisted hatching after thawing

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1504-1511

  Vanderzwalmen, Pierre ^a   Bertin, G ^a   Debauche, Ch ^a   Standaert, V ^a   Bollen, N ^a   Van Roosendaal, E ^a   Vandervorst, M ^a   Schoysman, R ^a   Zech, N ^b  

^a Schoysman Infertility Mgmt Found   (Belgium)

^b Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Cryopreservation; Embryo quality; Human blastocyst; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FICOLL; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; SUCROSE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HATCHING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THAWING; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0037963654     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg298     Document Type: Article

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