Vitrification demonstrates significant improvement versus slow freezing of human blastocysts

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-57

  Stehlik, Ed ^a   Stehlik, Joni ^a   Katayama, K Paul ^a   Kuwayama, Masashige ^b   Jambor, Varya ^a   Brohammer, Rebecca ^a   Kato, Osama ^b  

^a Advanced Institute of Fertility   (United States)

^b Kato Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Human blastocysts; Implantation rate; Pregnancy rate; Survival rate; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 21844470211     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61298-9     Document Type: Article

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