Cryopreservation of intact human ovary with its vascular pedicle

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3258-3269

  Bedaiwy, Mohamed A ^a,b   Hussein, Mahmoud R ^b   Biscotti, Charles ^c   Falcone, Tommaso ^a  

^a The Cleveland Foundation   (United States)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Cryopreservation; Follicular viability; Intact human ovary

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NICK END LABELING; ORGAN DONOR; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THAWING; TISSUE SECTION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 33751376584     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del227     Document Type: Article

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