Fertility preservation with immature and in vitro matured oocytes

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 456-464

  Cao, Yun Xia ^a   Chian, Ri Cheng ^b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cryopreservation; Female fertility; Oocytes; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GONADOTROPIN; LIQUID NITROGEN; POVIDONE;

ANEUPLOIDY; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPLOIDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRESERVATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 70449428038     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1241055     Document Type: Review

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