Vitrification of human ICSI/IVF spermatozoa without cryoprotectants: New capillary technology

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 462-468

  Isachenko, V ^a,b   Maettner, R ^c   Petrunkina, A M ^d,e   Sterzik, K ^c   Mallmann, P ^a   Rahimi, G ^a   Sanchez, R ^f   Risopatron, J ^f   Damjanoski, I ^b   Isachenko, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Endokrinologikum Ulm   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Cryoprotectant free; Membrane; Motility

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL; SUCROSE;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY TECHNOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TECHNOLOGY; WARMING;

CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84862554869     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.013789     Document Type: Article

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