Vitrification of mouse embryos with super-cooled air

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1462-1466

  Larman, Mark G ^a   Gardner, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

closed system; Cryopreservation; cryostorage; pronuclear oocytes

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVICE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITRIFICATION;

AIR; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 79952442618     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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