Preservation of human ovarian follicles within tissue frozen by vitrification in a xeno-free closed system using only ethylene glycol as a permeating cryoprotectant

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sheikhi, Mona ^a   Hultenby, Kjell ^b   Niklasson, Boel ^a   Lundqvist, Monalill ^a   Hovatta, Outi ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cryoprotectant; Ovary; preantral follicle; ultrastructure; vitrification

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

EID: 84879685370     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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