Survival of primordial follicles following prolonged transportation of ovarian tissue prior to cryopreservation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2654-2659

  Schmidt, K L T ^a   Ernst, E ^b   Byskov, A G ^a   Andersen, A Nyboe ^a   Andersen, C Yding ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Ovary; Survival of follicles; Transportation; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; PREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG MEGADOSE; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERM CELL TUMOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATED ORGAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0347407870     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg500     Document Type: Article

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