Is vitrification of oocytes useful for fertility preservation for age-related fertility decline and in cancer patients?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1485-1495

  Cobo, Ana ^a   Garcia Velasco, Juan A ^b   Domingo, Javier ^c   Remohí, José ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a  

^a IVI Valencia   (Spain)

^b IVI Madrid   (Spain)

^c IVI Las Palmas   (Spain)

Author keywords

cancer patients; fertility decline; Fertility preservation; oocyte vitrification; social freezers

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; SPINDLE CELL; STANDARD; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84876958410     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.02.050     Document Type: Review

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