Effect of cryotop vitrification on preimplantation developmental competence of murine morula and blastocyst stage embryos

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 708-713

  Xiu, Feng Ling ^a   Jun, Qiang Zhang ^a   Shan, Ren Cao ^a   Jie, Chen ^a   Yuzhu, Peng ^a   Xirong, Guo ^a   Boon, Chin Heng ^b   Guo, Qing Tong ^a   Xinru, Wang ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ivymed International   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Development; Morula; Preimplantation; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; INNER CELL MASS; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 74949131353     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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