Comparison of open and closed methods for vitrification of human embryos and the elimination of potential contamination

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 608-614

  Kuwayama, Masashige ^a   Vajta, Gábor ^b   Ieda, Shoko ^a   Kato, Osamu ^a  

^a Kato Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cryopreservation; Pregnancy; Vitrification; Zygote

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTAMINATION; COOLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELIVERY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 28244492985     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61169-8     Document Type: Article

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