Cryopreservation of human oocytes and embryos either by direct plunging into liquid nitrogen or byusing an aseptic approach

Fertility Cryopreservation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 157-168

  Isachenko, Evgenia ^a   Isachenko, Vladimir ^a   Weiss, Jurgen M ^a   Kreienberg, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 84859142963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511730207.019     Document Type: Chapter

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