Fundamental aspects of vitrification as amethod of reproductive cell, tissue and organ cryopreservation

Principles and Practice of Fertility Preservation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 145-163

  Mullen, Steven F ^a   Fahy, Gregory M ^a  

^a 21st Century Medicine Inc   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511921896.015     Document Type: Chapter

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