Theriogenology
Volume 77, Issue 3 , Pages 483-491 , February 2012

Slow-controlled freezing versus speed-cooling for cryopreservation of whole guinea pig ovaries

  • Zhihui Xu

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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  • Xiaojiao Wang

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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  • Yonggen Wu

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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  • Yuanyuan Meng

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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  • Fangfang Wu

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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  • Na Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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  • Wenwei Chen

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Transplantation, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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  • Bilu Ye

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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  • Jun Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Embryology, Nantong Medical College, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226220, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: 86-577-88069649; fax: 86-577-88069393 (Y. Zhou); fax: 86-513-81160706 (J. Liu)
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  • Ying Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
    • Department of Histology and Embryology, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: 86-577-88069649; fax: 86-577-88069393 (Y. Zhou); fax: 86-513-81160706 (J. Liu)

Received 17 April 2011 ,Revised 5 August 2011 ,Accepted 13 August 2011.

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PII: S0093-691X(11)00421-3

doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.08.017

Theriogenology
Volume 77, Issue 3 , Pages 483-491 , February 2012

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