Comparison of DNA apoptosis in mouse and human blastocysts after vitrification and slow freezing

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-236

  Li, Lifei ^a   Zhang, Xuehong ^a   Zhao, Lihui ^a   Xia, Xuefeng ^b   Wang, Weihua ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Houston Fertility Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCELE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW FREEZING; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA; HUMANS; MICE; VITRIFICATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857194684     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22018     Document Type: Article

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