Long-term liquid nitrogen vapor storage of mouse embryos cryopreserved using vitrification or slow cooling

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1928-1932

  Eum, Jin Hee ^a   Park, Jae Kyun ^a   Lee, Woo Sik ^a   Cha, Kwang Ryul ^a   Yoon, Tae Ki ^a   Lee, Dong Ryul ^a  

^a CHA General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liquid nitrogen vapor; long term storage; mouse embryo; slow cooling; vitrification

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOSAFETY; CELL COUNT; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; TISSUE SURVIVAL; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NITROGEN; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 67349132872     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.126     Document Type: Article

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