Live births after vitrification of oocytes in a stimulated in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer program

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1323-1326

  Yoon, Tae Ki ^a   Kim, Thomas J ^a,b   Park, Sung Eun ^a,b   Hong, Seung Wook ^a,b   Ko, Jung Jae ^a   Chung, Hyung Min ^a   Cha, Kwang Yul ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b CHA Fertility Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Oocyte; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIQUEFACTION; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 0038511954     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00258-9     Document Type: Article

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