Advances in oocyte cryopreservation - Part II: Rapid cooling using vitrification

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-9

  Check, J H ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Oocytes; Slow cooling; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CELL SURVIVAL; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHICS; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; PREGNANCY RATE; RELIGION; SINGLE WOMAN; SPERM DONOR; VITRIFICATION;

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

EID: 63049114240     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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