Clinical validation of a closed vitrification system in an oocyte-donation programme

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-185

  Stoop, Dominic ^a   De Munck, Neelke ^a   Jansen, Eleonora ^a   Platteau, Peter ^a   Van Den Abbeel, Etienne ^a   Verheyen, Greta ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

aseptic vitrification; closed carrier; cryopreservation; oocyte donation; vitrification

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAPHASE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN PREGNANCY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITRIFICATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84856663081     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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