Simple vitrification for small numbers of human spermatozoa

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-307

  Endo, Yuji ^a   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a   Shintani, Kasumi ^a   Seo, Momoyo ^a   Motoyama, Hiroaki ^a   Funahashi, Hiroaki ^b  

^a IVF Center   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell sleeper; cryopreservation; CryoTop; simple vitrification method; single sperm freezing

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CELL CRYOPRESERVATION CONTAINER; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

ACROSOME; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84857921277     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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