Oogonial stem cells: Do they exist and may they have an impact on future fertility treatment?

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223-228

  Ghazal, Sanaz ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility preservation; Infertility; Oocyte biology; Oogonial stem cell

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOGONIAL STEM CELL; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; OOGENESIS; OOGONIA; OVARY; PREGNANCY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84877736359     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328360e96a     Document Type: Review

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