Two successful pregnancies obtained following oocyte vitrification and embryo re-vitrification

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-349

  Chang, Ching Chien ^a   Shapiro, Daniel B ^a   Bernal, Diana Patricia ^a   Wright, Graham ^a   Kort, Hilton I ^a   Nagy, Zsolt Peter ^a  

^a REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANIRELIX; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OOCYTE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERMATOZOON; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

EID: 41049112941     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60594-9     Document Type: Article

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