Cryopreservation of the ovary by vitrification as an alternative to slow-cooling protocols

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 1243-1251

  Courbiere, Blandine ^a   Odagescu, Valentina ^b   Baudot, Anne ^b   Massardier, Jérôme ^a   Mazoyer, Claire ^c   Salle, Bruno ^a,c   Lornage, Jacqueline ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

critical cooling rate; cryoprotectant; ovary cryopreservation; sheep; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FORMAMIDE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY CRYOPRESERVATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THAWING; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 33748890742     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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