Cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-102

  Arav, A ^a  

^a FertileSafe   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Drying; Embryos; Freezing; Oocytes; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRYING; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYOS; FREEZING; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OOCYTE; REVIEW; VITRIFICATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; DRYING; EMBRYOS; FREEZING; OOCYTES; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MICE; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84888066435     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.09.011     Document Type: Review

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