Single spermatozoon freezing using cryotop

Journal of Mammalian Ova Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-52

  Endo, Yuji ^a   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a   Shintani, Kasumi ^a   Seo, Momoyo ^a   Motoyama, Hiroaki ^a   Funahashi, Hiroaki ^b  

^a IVF Center   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A single spermatozoon; Cryopreservation; Cryotop; Sucrose; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960247175     PISSN: 13417738     EISSN: 13475878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1274/jmor.28.47     Document Type: Article

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