Clinical efficiency of oocyte and embryo cryopreservation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1127, Issue , 2008, Pages 49-58

  Borini, Andrea ^a   Cattoli, Monica ^a   Bulletti, Carlo ^b,c   Coticchio, Giovanni ^a  

^a Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit Rimini   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical efficiency; Cryopreservation; Cumulative pregnancy rate; Embryos; Oocytes

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING;

EID: 42449117182     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1434.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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