Factors affecting the outcome of human blastocyst vitrification

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 99-

  Kader, Amr A ^a,b   Choi, Audrey ^a,c   Orief, Yasser ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FREEZING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERIALS HANDLING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449358966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-99     Document Type: Review

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