Vitrification vs. slow cooling protocol using embryos cryopreserved in the 5th or 6th day after oocyte retrieval and IVF outcomes

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-88

  Kuć, Pawel ^a,b   Kuczyńska, Agnieszka ^a,b   Stankiewicz, Bozena ^b   Sieczyński, Piotr ^b   Matysiak, Joanna ^c   Kuczyński, Waldemar ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b Centre for Reproductive Medicine KRIOBANK   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Clinical pregnancy rate; Human embryo cryopreservation; IVF ICSI; Slow cooling protocol; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO BANK; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 77954354956     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-008-0092-6     Document Type: Article

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