Vitrification as an alternative means of cryopreserving ovarian tissue

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-186

  Amorim, Christiani A ^a   Curaba, Mara ^a   Van Langendonckt, Anne ^a   Dolmans, Marie Madeleine ^a   Donnez, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cryoprotectants; fertility preservation; ovarian tissue; slow freezing; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; MICE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 79961167442     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.04.005     Document Type: Review

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