Aseptic technology of vitrification of human pronuclear oocytes using open-pulled straws

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 492-496

  Isachenko, Vova ^a   Montag, M ^a   Isachenko, E ^a   Zaeva, V ^b   Krivokharchenko, I ^b   Shafei, R ^b   van der Ven, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Gynaecological Clinic Ma Ma   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aseptic application; Microbial contamination; Oocytes; Open pulled straw; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; LIQUID NITROGEN; PREGNIL; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SUCROSE; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OSMOSIS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRONUCLEUS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEALED CONTAINER; THAWING; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

EID: 14044276982     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh605     Document Type: Article

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