The worldwide frozen embryo reservoir: Methodologies to achieve optimal results

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1221, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-39

  Capalbo, Antonio ^a   Rienzi, Laura ^a   Buccheri, Matteo ^a   Maggiulli, Roberta ^a   Sapienza, Fabio ^a   Romano, Stefania ^a   Colamaria, Silvia ^a   Iussig, Benedetta ^a   Giuliani, Maddalena ^a   Palagiano, Antonio ^b   Ubaldi, Filippo ^a  

^a GENERA Centre for Reproductive Medicine   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryo cryopreservation; Endometrial preparation; Natural cycle; Slow freezing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; FREEZE THAWING; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 79952681742     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05931.x     Document Type: Article

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