Live birth from a frozen-thawed pronuclear stage embryo almost 20 years after its cryopreservation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1120.e1-1120.e3

  Dowling Lacey, Donna ^a   Mayer, Jacob F ^a   Jones, Estella ^a   Bocca, Silvina ^a   Stadtmauer, Laurel ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cryostorage; Embryo cryopreservation; live birth; pronuclear stage

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FOLLITROPIN; IMATINIB; INHIBIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GROWTH RETARDATION; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 79951959671     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.08.056     Document Type: Article

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