Cryopreservation of embryos and oocytes in human assisted reproduction

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Konc, János ^a   Kanyó, Katalin ^a   Kriston, Rita ^a   Somoski, Bence ^b   Cseh, Sándor ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SLOW COOLING; SLOW FREEZING; TRADITIONAL SLOW COOLING; ULTRARAPID CRYOPRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION; ANIMAL EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84899583027     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/307268     Document Type: Review

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