Ongoing pregnancies after vitrification of human oocytes using a combined solution of ethylene glycol and dimethyl sulfoxide

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 997-1000

  Selman, Helmy ^a,b   Angelini, Antonio ^a   Barnocchi, Nicoletta ^a   Brusco, Gian Francesco ^a   Pacchiarotti, Arianna ^b,c   Aragona, Cesare ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Praxi Provita   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulfoxide; ethylene glycol; human MII oocyte; pregnancy; vitrification

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749241476     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.02.117     Document Type: Article

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