Autotransplantation of frozen-thawed ovarian tissue in a young woman: ultrastructure and viability of grafted tissue

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1215-1218

  Camboni, Alessandra ^a,b   Martinez Madrid, Belen ^a   Dolmans, Marie Madeleine ^a   Nottola, Stefania ^b   Van Langendonckt, Anne ^a   Donnez, Jacques ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DENSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE GRAFT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; OVARY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 52949103739     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.084     Document Type: Article

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