Vitrification of isolated human blastomeres

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 669-671

  Escribá, María José ^a   Grau, Noelia ^a   Escrich, Laura ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; cryotop; human; Single blastomere; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BLASTOMERES; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 74449091312     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.08.041     Document Type: Article

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