Transplantation in reproductive medicine: Previous experience, present knowledge and future prospects

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-280

  Nugent, D ^a,d   Meirow, D ^b   Brook, P F ^a   Aubard, Y ^c   Gosden, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Fertility; Ovarian transplantation; Reproductive medicine; Testicular transplantation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOGRAFT; CANCER PATIENT; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HOST; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; OVARY; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0030867752     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/3.3.267     Document Type: Review

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