Monitoring the ovaries after autotransplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue: endocrine studies, in vitro fertilization cycles, and live birth

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 418.e7-418.e15

  Meirow, Dror ^a   Levron, Jacob ^a   Eldar Geva, Talia ^b   Hardan, Izhar ^a   Fridman, Eduard ^a   Yemini, Ziva ^a   Dor, Jehoshua ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

anti Mullerian hormone; chemotherapy; Fertility preservation; inhibin B; IVF; ovarian reserve; ovarian tissue

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVE BIRTH; MENSTRUATION; MONITORING; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OOCYTE MATURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33846689862     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.05.086     Document Type: Article

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