Qualitative and morphometric analysis of the ultrastructure of human oocytes cryopreserved by two alternative slow cooling protocols

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 131-140

  Coticchio, Giovanni ^a   Borini, Andrea ^a   Distratis, Vincenzo ^a   Maione, Marta ^d   Scaravelli, Giulia ^c   Bianchi, Veronica ^a   MacChiarelli, Guido ^b   Nottola, Stefania A ^d  

^a Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c CNESPS   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Electron microscopy; Oocytes; Slow freezing; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE PRESERVATION; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, SMOOTH; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 77952243508     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-010-9394-7     Document Type: Article

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