Clinical experience with a modified method of human embryo vitrification;Klinické skúsenosti s modifikovanou metódou vitrifikácie l'udských embryí

Ceska Gynekologie

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-103

  Hredzak R ^a   Ostro A ^a   Zdilova V ^a   Toporcerova S ^a   Kacmarik J ^b  

^a II Gynekologicko porodnicka K   (Czech Republic)

^b Univerzita Veterinarskeho Lekarstva   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cryoprotectant; Human embryo; ICSI; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; PREGNANCY; RELIABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TECHNIQUE; THAWING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITRIFICATION; ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 16844385378     PISSN: 12107832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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