Current trends and progress in clinical applications of oocyte cryopreservation

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 247-254

  Cil, Aylin P ^a   Seli, Emre ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elective oocyte cryopreservation; Fertility preservation; Oocyte cryopreservation; Slow freezing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITRIFICATION;

AGE FACTORS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84877790439     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32836091f4     Document Type: Review

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