Successful vitrification and autografting of baboon (Papio anubis) ovarian tissue

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2146-2156

  Amorim, Christiani A ^a   Jacobs, Sophie ^a   Devireddy, Ram V ^b   Van Langendonckt, Anne ^a   Vanacker, Julie ^a   Jaeger, Jonathan ^a,d   Luyckx, Valérie ^a   Donnez, Jacques ^a   Dolmans, Marie Madeleine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

autografting; baboon; ovarian tissue; pre antral follicles; vitrification

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BABOON; COMPUTER MODEL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84880550845     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det103     Document Type: Article

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