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Comparison of survival rate of cleavage stage embryos produced from in vitro maturation cycles after slow freezing and after vitrification.

Authors :
Son WY
Chung JT
Gidoni Y
Holzer H
Levin D
Chian RC
Tan SL
Source :
Fertility and sterility [Fertil Steril] 2009 Sep; Vol. 92 (3), pp. 956-958. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Feb 26.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

Significantly more embryos survived the vitrification procedure compared to slow freezing (85.5% vs. 61.8%) in cleavage-stage human embryos produced from in vitro maturation cycles, suggesting that vitrification is more efficient than slow freezing for cryopreservation.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1556-5653
Volume :
92
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Fertility and sterility
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
19249024
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.070