Oocyte cryopreservation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 1037-1046

  Jain, John K ^a   Paulson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

egg freezing; fertility preservation; Oocyte cryopreservation; slow freeze; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHOLINE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LETROZOLE; TAMOXIFEN; TREHALOSE;

CANCER PATIENT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DATA BASE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GAMETE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDLINE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; VITRIFICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BIRTH RATE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTES;

EID: 33748905232     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.1478     Document Type: Review

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