Human oocyte cryopreservation in infertility and oncology

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 529-535

  Porcu, Eleonora ^a,b   Bazzocchi, Antonia ^a   Notarangelo, Leonardo ^a   Paradisi, Roberto ^a   Landolfo, Chiara ^a   Venturoli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Cancer; Fertility preservation; Oocyte cryopreservation; Slow freeze; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CANCER PATIENT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; VITRIFICATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 56749091782     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3283199129     Document Type: Review

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