Orthotopic and heterotopic ovarian tissue transplantation

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 649-665

  Demeestere, I ^a   Simon, P ^a   Emiliani, S ^a   Delbaere, A ^a   Englert, Y ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ovarian tissue; Pregnancy; Sites; Transplantation; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANDROGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN OXYTETRACYCLINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE FERTILITY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY NECROSIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVARY; PREGNANCY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 70350000589     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmp021     Document Type: Review

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