Ovarian tissue vitrification: Modalities, challenges and potentials

Current Women's Health Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-366

  Posillico, Sarah ^a,d   Kader, Amr ^a,b,c   Falcone, Tommaso ^a,b   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Fertility preservation; Oocyte; Ovarian tissue; Transplantation; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PREPARATION; TRANSPLANTATION; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 79959337455     PISSN: 15734048     EISSN: 18756581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340410793362104     Document Type: Article

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