Human oocyte cryopreservation with slow freezing versus vitrification. Results from the National Italian Registry data, 2007-2011

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Levi Setti, Paolo Emanuele ^a   Porcu, Eleonora ^b   Patrizio, Pasquale ^c   Vigiliano, Vincenzo ^d   De Luca, Roberto ^d   D'Aloja, Paola ^d   Spoletini, Roberta ^d   Scaravelli, Giulia ^d  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d National Health Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

ART safety; methods; Oocyte cryopreservation; pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SLOW FREEZING; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

ART SAFETY; METHODS; OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; ITALY; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84903377558     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.03.052     Document Type: Article

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