Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 708-713 , November 2009

Effect of cryotop vitrification on preimplantation developmental competence of murine morula and blastocyst stage embryos

  • Xiu Feng Ling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproduction, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
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  • Jun Qiang Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproduction, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
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  • Shan Ren Cao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproduction, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
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  • Jie Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproduction, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
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  • Yuzhu Peng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproduction, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
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  • Xirong Guo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
    • ,
  • Boon Chin Heng

      Affiliations

    • Ivymed International, #03–02a, Serangoon Plaza, 320 Serangoon Road, Singapore 218108, Singapore
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  • Guo Qing Tong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproduction, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
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  • Xinru Wang

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Toxiocology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence.

Received 24 February 2009 ,Revised 10 March 2009 ,Accepted 13 July 2009.

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 Dr Xinru Wang, honorary professor of toxicology of reproductive medicine, is the Director of the Institute of Toxicology and Vice President of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. He is the recipient of the awards of National Great Master in Teaching and the Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker of Jiangsu Province. His research interest is the toxicology of reproduction and endocrinology.

PII: S1472-6483(09)00070-4

doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.09.006

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