Vitrification with DMSO protects embryo membrane integrity better than solutions without DMSO

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-384

  Kartberg, Anne Jacqueline ^a   Hambiliki, F ^b,c   Arvidsson, T ^a   Stavreus Evers, A ^c   Svalander, P ^a  

^a Gothenburg IVF Research   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cryodamage; Cryoloop; Fluorescence imaging; Post vitrification survival; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; LIPOCORTIN 5; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; PROPANE 2 DIOL; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPROTECTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 52049116920     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60221-0     Document Type: Article

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