Developmental assessment of human vitrified-warmed blastocysts based on oxygen consumption

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3366-3371

  Yamanaka, Masaya ^a   Hashimoto, Shu ^a   Amo, Ami ^a   Ito Sasaki, Takahiro ^b   Abe, Hiroyuki ^c   Morimoto, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a IVF Namba Clinic   (Japan)

^b Clino Corporation   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

human; oxygen consumption; vitrified warmed blastocyst

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HATCHING; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WARMING;

EID: 81055124861     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der324     Document Type: Article

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