Cryopreservation and vitrification: Recent advances in fertility preservation technologies

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-370

  Bagchi, Aniruddha ^a,b   Woods, Erik J ^a,c   Critser, John K ^a,d  

^a General BioTechnology LLC   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; Assisted reproductive technology; Cryopreservation; Fertility preservation; Reproductive medicine; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL COUNT; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CELL VOLUME; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING; GAMETE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE; OVARY; REVIEW; SPERM PRESERVATION; TESTIS; THAWING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 48649110752     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.5.3.359     Document Type: Review

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