New strategies for fertility preservation in young women with cancer;Neue strategien zur fertilitätserhaltung bei jungen frauen mit malignen erkrankungen

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 831-838

  Moffat, Rebecca ^a   De Geyter, Christian ^a   Von Wolff, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Universitats Frauenklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; REVIEW;

EID: 73249114239     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.66.12.831     Document Type: Review

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