Cryopreservation of human failed maturation oocytes shows that vitrification gives superior outcomes to slow cooling

Cryobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-247

  Fasano, G ^a,b   Vannin, A S ^b   Biramane, J ^b   Delbaere, A ^b   Englert, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fertilization and development rates; Human oocyte cryopreservation; In vitro maturation rate; Slow cooling; Survival rate; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHOLINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW COOLING; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 78649654884     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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