Comparison of selected cryoprotective agents to stabilize meiotic spindles of human oocytes during cooling

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Assisted Reproduction

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Yang, Dunsong ^a   Winslow, Kevin L ^a   Nguyen, Kevin ^a   Duffy, Daniel ^a   Freeman, Michael ^a   Al Shawaf, Talha ^b  

^a Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooling; Cryopreservation; Cryoprotective agents; Human oocyte; Spindle; Taxol

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; PACLITAXEL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ARTICLE; COOLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; OOCYTE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 82455194855     PISSN: 17431050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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