Lysed cell removal promotes frozen-thawed embryo development

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1444-1449

  Elliott, Thomas A ^a   Colturato, Luiz Fernando A ^a   Taylor, Tyl H ^a   Wright, Graham ^a   Kort, Hilton I ^a   Nagy, Zsolt Peter ^a  

^a REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; cryopreservation; embryo; IVF; lysed cell removal; thaw

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HATCHING; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34249711475     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.064     Document Type: Article

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