One-step dilution of open-pulled-straw (OPS)-vitrified mouse blastocysts in sucrose-free medium

Cryobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-194

  El Gayar, M ^a,b   Gauly, M ^a   Holtz, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo transfer; Mouse; Sucrose; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NITROGEN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN PULLED STRAW METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; MICE; SUCROSE;

MUS;

EID: 56449096909     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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