Vitrification of mouse embryos at 2-cell, 4-cell and 8-cell stages by cryotop method

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 621-628

  Zhang, Junqiang ^a   Cui, Ji ^a   Ling, Xiufeng ^a   Li, Xiuling ^a   Peng, Yuzhu ^a   Guo, Xirong ^a   Heng, Boon Chin ^b   Tong, Guo Qing ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ivymed International Pty Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Cryopreservation; Development; Embryos; Mouse; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOTOP METHOD; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TROPHECTODERM; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 76949099434     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-009-9370-2     Document Type: Article

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