Ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation: A review

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 519-535

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fertility preservation; Ovarian tissue cryopreservation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; IFOSFAMIDE; MELPHALAN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PROCARBAZINE; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE;

AGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVARY CANCER; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEOPLASMS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 33747889500     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dml032     Document Type: Review

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