Density and distribution of primordial follicles in single pieces of cortex from 21 patients and in individual pieces of cortex from three entire human ovaries

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1158-1164

  Schmidt, K L T ^a   Byskov, A G ^a   Andersen, A Nyboe ^a   Muller J ^a   Andersen, C Yding ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Density; Ovary; Primordial follicles

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTIESTROGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; ASPERAGINASE; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GYRASE INHIBITOR; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0038070108     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg246     Document Type: Article

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