Fundamentals of cryobiology in reproductive medicine

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 680-691

  Fuller, Barry ^a,b   Paynter, Sharon ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryobiology; Gamete and embryo cryopreservation; Preservation; Reproductive technology; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BUTANEDIOL; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FORMAMIDE; GLYCEROL; HETASTARCH; ICE; LIQUID NITROGEN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AWARENESS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOLUTE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 11144305357     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61780-4     Document Type: Review

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