Ovarian tissue preservation, present and clinical perspectives

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-93

  Jakimiuk, Artur J ^a,b   Grzybowski, Wojciech ^a  

^a CENTRAL CLINICAL HOSPITAL OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Fertility preservation; Ovarian tissue banking; Ovary; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ALLOGRAFT; ANGIOGENESIS; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOTOXICITY; FREEZE THAWING; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; ISOGRAFT; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OVARY; OVARY CELL; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; TUMOR CELL; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OVARY; RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 33947598409     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590601137020     Document Type: Review

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