Time to re-think: Ovarian tissue transplantation versus whole ovary transplantation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-174

  Kim, S Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Fertility preservation; Ovarian tissue; Ovary; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER THERAPY; COLD INJURY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOSURGERY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ISCHEMIA; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVARY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77649212810     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.11.019     Document Type: Note

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