Vitrification: A simple and successful method for cryostorage of human blastocysts

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1257, Issue , 2015, Pages 305-319

  Liebermann, Juergen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Cryostorage; Embryo transfer; Human blastocyst; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84922014165     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2193-5_12     Document Type: Article

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