Human oocyte cryopreservation

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 591-605

  Gook, Debra A ^a,b   Edgar, David H ^a,b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Human; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SODIUM; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; ITALY; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM DEPLETION; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 35548935066     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmm028     Document Type: Article

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