Birth of a baby conceived from frozen oocytes of a 40-year-old woman

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 795-798

  Parmegiani, Lodovico ^a   Cognigni, G E ^a   Bernardi, S ^a   Ciampaglia, W ^a   Pocognoli, P ^a   Filicori, M ^a  

^a GynePro Medical Centers   (Italy)

Author keywords

40 year old woman; Age limit; Birth; Fertility preservation; Oocyte cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; GANIRELIX; GONASI HP 250; PROGEFFIK; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CASE REPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENVER DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING TEST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; THAWING;

EID: 68249118196     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60028-4     Document Type: Article

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