Vitrification of oocytes: From basic science to clinical application

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 761, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-83

  Arav, Amir ^a   Natan, Yehudit ^a  

^a FertileSafe   (Israel)

Author keywords

Application; Cryopreservation; Embryos; Oocytes; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); HUMAN; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; SUPERCOOLING; VISCOSITY; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84893046689     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8214-7_6     Document Type: Article

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