Multicenter observational study on slow-cooling oocyte cryopreservation: Clinical outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1662-1668

  Borini, Andrea ^a   Levi Setti, Paolo Emanuele ^b   Anserini, Paola ^c   De Luca, Roberto ^d   De Santis, Lucia ^e   Porcu, Eleonora ^f   La Sala, Giovanni Battista ^g   Ferraretti, Annapia ^h   Bartolotti, Tiziana ⁱ   Coticchio, Giovanni ^a   Scaravelli, Giulia ^d  

^a Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria   (Italy)

^d National Health Institute   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^h SISMeR   (Italy)

ⁱ Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

ART; ICSI; oocyte cryopreservation; pregnancy; slow freezing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; BIRTH RATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; SUCROSE;

EID: 77957193275     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.029     Document Type: Article

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