Eggs come in from the cold

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 498-500

  Gosden, Roger G ^a,b   Gosden, Lucinda L Veeck ^a,b  

^a Weill Cornell Medical College ^*

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Cryopreservation; Embryo; Fertility; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NOTE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VITRIFICATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84866770645     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2012.05.010     Document Type: Note

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