Freeze-all: Enhanced outcomes with cryopreservation at the blastocyst stage versus pronuclear stage using slow-freeze techniques

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-417

  Surrey, Eric ^a   Keller, Jennifer ^b   Stevens, John ^c   Gustofson, Robert ^a   Minjarez, Debra ^a   Schoolcraft, William ^a  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^b Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital   (United States)

^c Fertility Laboratories of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocyst; cryopreservation; in vitro fertilization; ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

Indexed keywords

PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOTE; ZYGOTE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER;

EID: 77957832392     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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