Comparison of concomitant outcome achieved with fresh and cryopreserved donor oocytes vitrified by the Cryotop method

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1657-1664

  Cobo, Ana ^a   Kuwayama, Masashigue ^b   Pérez, Sonia ^a   Ruiz, Amparo ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a   Remohí, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Kato Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

clinical outcome; embryo development; Human oocyte cryopreservation; survival; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMED CONSENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 44349124425     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.050     Document Type: Article

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