Vitrification of human oocytes and different development stages of embryos: An overview

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-9

  Elnahas, Ahmed ^a,b   Alcolak, Ebru ^a,b   Marar, Ehab Abu ^a,b   Elnahas, Tamer ^c   Elnahas, Kareem ^c   Palapelas, Vassili ^d   Diedrich, Klaus ^a,b   Al Hasani, Safaa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

ART; Cryopreservation; OHSS; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FREEZE THAWING; GENETIC DISORDER; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TURNER SYNDROME; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 77955012473     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mefs.2010.03.013     Document Type: Review

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