Clinical application of human oocyte cryopreservation

Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-110

  Manipalviratn, Somjate ^a   DeCherney, Alan ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline based media; Female fertility preservation; Oocyte cryopreservation; Slow freezing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCEROL; GONADOTROPIN; ICE; LETROZOLE; LIQUID NITROGEN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEIOSIS; MONOTHERAPY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING; VITRIFICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 46749102184     PISSN: 15748871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488708784223871     Document Type: Article

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