Over 900 oocyte cryopreservation babies born with no apparent increase in congenital anomalies

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 769-776

  Noyes, N ^a   Porcu, E ^b   Borini, A ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Centre for Reproductive Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

Live born; Oocyte cryopreservation; Pregnancy outcome; Slow freezing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLUBFOOT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE; RUBINSTEIN SYNDROME; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 68249121549     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60025-9     Document Type: Article

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