Cryopreservation of a mother's oocytes for possible future use by her daughter with Turner syndrome: case report

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2008.e9-2008.e12

  Gidoni, Yariv S ^a   Takefman, Janet ^a   Holzer, Hananel E G ^a   Elizur, Shai E ^a   Son, Weon Young ^a   Chian, Ri Cheng ^a   Tan, Seang Lin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

fertility preservation; intergenerational gamete donation; oocyte vitrification; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DAUGHTER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 55149110562     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.050     Document Type: Article

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