Cryotop Vitrification as Compared to Conventional Slow Freezing for Human Embryos at the Cleavage Stage: Survival and Outcomes

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-278

  Lin, Tseng Kai ^a,b   Su, Jin Tsung ^a   Lee, Fa Kung ^a,b   Lin, Yu Ru ^a   Lo, Hsiao Ching ^a  

^a Hsinchu General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Human cleavage stage embryo; Slow freezing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 78149340081     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 10284559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(10)60060-5     Document Type: Article

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