Difficulties improving ovarian functional recovery by microvascular transplantation and whole ovary vitrification

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2697-2706

  Courbiere, Blandine ^a   Caquant, Ludovic ^b   Mazoyer, Claire ^c   Franck, Michel ^d   Lornage, Jacqueline ^a,c   Salle, Bruno ^a,c  

^a STEM CELL AND BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; fertility; orthotopic; sheep; transplantation; vitrification; Whole ovary

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EWE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FRANCE; HISTOLOGY; ISCHEMIA; LIVE BIRTH; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING; TIME; VITRIFICATION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MICROCIRCULATION; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; SHEEP; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VEINS;

EID: 67349282735     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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