Culture of cryopreserved ovarian tissue: state of the art in 2008

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1619-1629

  Fabbri, Raffaella ^a   Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^a   Keane, Declan ^b   Mozzanega, Bruno ^c   Magnani, Valentina ^a   Tamburini, Federica ^a   Venturoli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Rotunda Hospital ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal model; cancer patients; chemotherapy; cryopreservation; culture; human experiences; in vitro follicles maturation; ovarian tissue; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEM CELL FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THAWING; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 65349101763     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.109     Document Type: Article

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