The principal variables of cryopreservation: Solutions, temperatures, and rate changes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-276

  Leibo, S P ^a   Pool, Thomas B ^b  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

^b Fertility Center of San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

cooling rate; cryobiology; cryoprotective additives; embryos; Oocytes; warming rate

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; ICE; LIQUID NITROGEN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SUCROSE; WATER;

CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRESS; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MISCIBILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLUTE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPERMATOZOON; SURVIVAL; SUSPENSION; WARMING; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; KINETICS; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 79960643029     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.06.065     Document Type: Review

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