High survival rate of metaphase II human oocytes after first polar body biopsy and vitrification: determining the effect of previtrification conditions

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1706-1715

  Keskintepe, Levent ^a,b   Agca, Yuksel ^c   Sher, Geoffrey ^a,b   Keskintepe, Meral ^d   Maassarani, Ghanima ^a  

^a Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Reprocure LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

CryoLoop; cryopreservation; oocyte; vitrification; zona slitting

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; E2 VALERATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COW; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAR BODY BIOPSY; PREVITRIFICATION EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; ZONATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; METAPHASE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 70350567931     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.114     Document Type: Article

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