Vitrification of cleavage stage mouse embryos by the cryoloop procedure

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-410

  Klambauer, Philip ^a,c   Keresztes, Zsuzsa ^a,e   Kanyó, Katalin ^b   Varga, Erika ^b   Kriston, Rita ^b   Vass, Nóra ^d   Jávor, András ^d   Konc, János ^b   Solti, László ^a   Cseh, Sándor ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cleavage stages; Cryoloop; Embryo development; Mouse embryos; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; MICE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 68549132464     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.57.2009.3.6     Document Type: Article

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