Live birth after anonymous donation of twice-cryopreserved embryos that had been stored in liquid nitrogen for a cumulative storage time of approximately 13.5 years

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2771.e1-2771.e3

  Reed, Michael L ^a   Hamic, Amanda ^a   Caperton, Charles L ^a   Thompson, Douglas J ^a  

^a Center for Reproductive Medicine of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo donation; embryo storage; liquid nitrogen; re cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; STORAGE; SURVIVAL; THAWING;

EID: 78650186575     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.071     Document Type: Article

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