Cryopreservation of oocyte and ovarian tissue

ILAR Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 207-220

  Agca, Yuksel ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Oocyte; Ovarian tissue; Primordial follicle; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY;

EID: 0034564431     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.41.4.207     Document Type: Article

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