Cryoprotectants

Fertility Cryopreservation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 24-38

  Swain, Jason E ^a   Smith, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511730207.005     Document Type: Chapter

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