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Live birth of healthy twins following transfer of re-cryopreserved blastocysts developed from frozen embryos recovered from a malfunctioning freezer

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  1. Fertility Associates of Memphis, 307 Humphreys Center Drive, Memphis, TN, 38120, USA

    Yimin Shu, William H. Kutteh & Raymond W. Ke

  2. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA

    William H. Kutteh & Raymond W. Ke

  3. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27103, USA

    Yimin Shu

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Capsule Healthy birth of twins was documented following transfer of re-cryopreserved blastocysts developed from frozen embryos recovered from an unforeseen freezer malfunction occurring at −15°C of cooling process.

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Shu, Y., Kutteh, W.H. & Ke, R.W. Live birth of healthy twins following transfer of re-cryopreserved blastocysts developed from frozen embryos recovered from a malfunctioning freezer. J Assist Reprod Genet 30, 247–249 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-012-9920-x

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