Restoring fertility after ovarian tissue cryopreservation: A half century of research

Zygote

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 394-405

  Lunardi, Franciele Osmarini ^a   Araújo, Valdevane Rocha ^a   Bernuci, Marcelo Picinin ^b   Lunardi, Luciane Osmarini ^c   Gonçalves, Raphael Fernando Braga ^a   Carvalho, Adeline De Andrade ^a   De Figueiredo, José Ricardo ^a   Rodrigues, Ana Paula Ribeiro ^a  

^a Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Ovarian Pre antral Follicles (LAMOFOPA)   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fertility preservation; In vitro follicle culture; Ovarian tissue transplant; Slow freezing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVARY;

EID: 84885639104     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199412000573     Document Type: Article

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