The new Rapid-i carrier is an effective system for human embryo vitrification at both the blastocyst and cleavage stage

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Desai, Nina N ^a   Goldberg, Jeffrey M ^a   Austin, Cynthia ^a   Falcone, Tommaso ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELIVERY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUCROSE; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84877939805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-41     Document Type: Article

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