Human embryo cryopreservation: One-step slow freezing does it all?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 921-925

  Chong, Yee Shen ^a   Chan, Melinda Ling Hou ^a   Tan, Heng Hao ^a   Nadarajah, Sadhana ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo; Slow freezing; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FREEZING; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 84904392430     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0238-8     Document Type: Article

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