Closed blastocyst vitrification of biopsied embryos: Evaluation of 100 consecutive warming cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 316-322

  Van Landuyt, L ^a   Verpoest, W ^a   Verheyen, G ^a   De Vos, A ^a   Van De Velde, H ^a   Liebaers, I ^a   Devroey, P ^a   Van Den Abbeel, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

blastocyst; cryopreservation; preimplantation genetic diagnosis; single embryo transfer; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

EID: 79251483458     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq338     Document Type: Article

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