Impact of oocyte cryopreservation on embryo development

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 510-516

  Magli, M Cristina ^a   Lappi, Michela ^a   Ferraretti, Anna P ^a   Capoti, Alessandra ^a   Ruberti, Alessandra ^a   Gianaroli, Luca ^a  

^a S I S Me R Reproductive Medicine Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

cleavage rate; Fertilization rate; oocyte cryopreservation; pronuclear zygote morphology; propanediol; slow freezing; top quality embryos; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; CELL DIVISION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; ZYGOTE;

EID: 74449083539     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.148     Document Type: Article

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