Restoration of fertility to oophorectomized sheep by ovarian autografts stored at-196°c

Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 597-603

  Gosden, R G ^c   Baird, D T ^a   Wade, J C ^c   Webb, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autograft; Cryopreservation; Fertility; Follicle; Ovary

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FOLLITROPIN; LIQUID NITROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LAMB; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MATING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; RADIOTHERAPY; SHEEP;

EID: 0028326220     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138556     Document Type: Article

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