Micro-organ ovarian transplantation enables pregnancy: A case report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1097-1103

  Revel, Ariel ^a   Laufer, Neri ^a   Ben Meir, Assaf ^a   Lebovich, Meital ^a   Mitrani, Eduardo ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

avascular transplantation; cryopreservation; micro organs; ovarian transplantation; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; REIMPLANTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953893678     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der063     Document Type: Article

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