Histological evaluation and in situ localization of apoptosis in fresh and cryopreserved ovarian tissue

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-170

  Bedaiwy, Mohamed A ^a,b   Hussein, Mahmoud R ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Morphology; Ovarian cryopreservation; TUNEL assay

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; NECROSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; SAMPLE; STROMA CELL; TECHNIQUE; THECA CELL;

EID: 4544362306     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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