Cryopreservation of a whole ovary as a strategy for restoring ovarian function

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 459-465

  Imhof, M ^a   Hofstetter, G ^a   Bergmeister, H ^a   Rudas, M ^a   Kain, R ^a   Lipovac, M ^a   Huber, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Fertility; Fertility preservation; Ovarian tissue banking; Whole ovary

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THAWING;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FREEZING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NITROGEN; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; SWINE; TISSUE BANKS;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 13444270554     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-004-8763-5     Document Type: Article

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