Cryopreservation: A cold look at technology for fertility preservation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-268

  Gosden, Roger ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology (ART); cryopreservation; in vitro fertilization (IVF); oocyte; ovary; spermatozoa; vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL;

CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL TYPE; COLD INJURY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 79960651348     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.06.029     Document Type: Review

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