To transplant or not to transplant - That is the question

Cancer Treatment and Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2010, Pages 41-54

  Silber, Sherman J ^a   Woodruff, Teresa K ^b   Shea, Lonnie D ^c,d  

^a Infertility Center of St Louis   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY CELL CULTURE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITRIFICATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVARY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77956364020     PISSN: 09273042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6518-9_4     Document Type: Review

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