The role of cryopreservation for women prior to treatment of malignancy

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-338

  Donnez, Jacques ^a,b   Dolmans, Marie Madeleine ^b   Martinez Madrid, Belen ^b   Demylle, Dominique ^a   Van Langendonckt, Anne ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Malignancy; Orthotopic; Ovary; Transplantation; Xenografting

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 22944455152     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000175348.72566.47     Document Type: Review

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