Advances in oocyte cryopreservation - Part I: Slow cool rapid thaw technique

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-239

  Check, J H ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline; Cryopreservation; Oocytes; Slow cooling

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DNA; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SODIUM;

CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA STRUCTURE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTES;

EID: 57849156293     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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