Comparison of Cryotip vs. Cryotop for mouse and human blastomere vitrification

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 209-217

  Valbuena, Diana ^a   Póo, Maria Eugenia ^a   Aguilar Gallardo, Cristobal ^a   Martinez, Sebastian ^b   Cobo, Ana Cristina ^b   Pellicer, Antonio ^b,c   Simón, Carlos ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

blastomeres; division rate; Embryo; survival rate; vitrification

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; LIPOCORTIN 5;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAWING; VITRIFICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANNEXIN A5; BIOPSY; BLASTOMERES; CASPASE 3; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GELATIN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITRIFICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84155165677     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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