Current and future concepts and practices in human sperm cryobanking

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-151

  Mortimer, David ^a  

^a Oozoa Biomedical Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banking; Biosafety; Cryostorage; Freezing; Human; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLYCEROL; LIQUID NITROGEN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISINFECTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMERSION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIQUID; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PACKAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SPERM; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON; SYMPOSIUM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THAWING; VAPOR; WARMING;

EID: 4344690733     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62123-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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