Comparison of in-vitro outcomes from cryopreserved oocytes and sibling fresh oocytes

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 730-736

  Chamayou, S ^a   Alecci, C ^a   Ragolia, C ^a   Storaci, G ^a   Maglia, E ^a   Russo, E ^a   Guglielmino, A ^a  

^a Unità di Medicina della Riproduzione Fondazione HERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Embryo development; ICS; Oocyte cryopreservation; Sibling oocytes

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; ITALY; LAW; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; REVIEW; SIBLING; THAWING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745033376     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61085-1     Document Type: Article

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