Ovarian endocrine profile and long-term vascular patency following heterotopic autotransplantation of cryopreserved whole ovine ovaries

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2845-2855

  Onions, V J ^a   Webb, R ^a   McNeilly, A S ^b   Campbell, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Follicle survival; Ovarian graft; Vascular patency; Whole ovary

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN A; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; JUGULAR VEIN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; VASCULAR PATENCY;

OVIS;

EID: 70350489867     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep274     Document Type: Article

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