Open versus closed oocyte vitrification in an oocyte donation programme: A prospective randomized sibling oocyte study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 377-384

  De Munck, N ^a,b   Santos Ribeiro, S ^a,c   Stoop, D ^a   Van De Velde, H ^a,b   Verheyen, G ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CBSvit; Closed vitrification; CryotopSC; Oocytes; Open vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLOSED OOCYTE VITRIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS; OOCYTE DONATION; OPEN OOCYTE VITRIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; SIBLING; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION DEVICE; WARMING; ZYGOTE; BELGIUM; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; EMBRYO CULTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84959898925     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev321     Document Type: Article

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