Cryopreservation of biopsied embryos at the blastocyst stage

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2656-2660

  Magli, M C ^a   Gianaroli, Luca ^a   Grieco, N ^a   Cefalu E ^b   Ruvolo, G ^b   Ferraretti, A P ^a  

^a Reproductive Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^b Center of Reproductive Biology   (Italy)

Author keywords

1,2 propanediol; Blastocysts; Cumulative pregnancy rate; Embryo biopsy; PGD

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; PROGESTERONE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33749585265     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del228     Document Type: Article

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