Comparison of vitrification and conventional cryopreservation of day 5 and day 6 blastocysts during clinical application

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-26

  Liebermann, Juergen ^a   Tucker, Michael J ^a,b  

^a Fertility Centers of Illinois   (United States)

^b Georgia Reproductive Specialists LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocysts; conventional; cryopreservation; Cryotop; Extended culture; frozen embryo transfer; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745506676     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.01.029     Document Type: Article

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