Developmental rate and ultrastructure of vitrified human pronuclear oocytes after step-wise versus direct rehydration

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 660-665

  Isachenko, Vladimir ^a,b   Montag, Markus ^b   Isachenko, Eugenia ^a   Nawroth, Frank ^a   Dessole, Salvatore ^c   van der Ven, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Damage; Direct rehydration; Human oocytes; Ultrastructure; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OSMOSIS; PRONUCLEUS; REHYDRATION; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 1542606688     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh151     Document Type: Article

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