Human spermatozoa vitrified in the absence of permeable cryoprotectants: Birth of two healthy babies

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-326

  Isachenko, Vladimir ^a   Isachenko, Evgenia ^a   Petrunkina, Anna M ^b,c   Sanchez, Raul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

acrosome; baby born; cryoprotectant free; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; mitochondrion; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; SUCROSE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL CULTURE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPROTECTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TWINS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84856841149     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11061     Document Type: Article

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