Follicle activation and 'burn-out' contribute to post-transplantation follicle loss in ovarian tissue grafts: The effect of graft thickness

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 989-996

  Gavish, Zohar ^a   Peer, Gil ^b   Hadassa, Roness ^a   Yoram, Cohen ^a,c   Meirow, Dror ^a,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

fertility preservation; follicle activation; graft thickness; ovarian reserve; ovarian tissue transplantation

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CATTLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FIBROSIS; FREEZE THAWING; GRANULOSA CELL; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN TISSUE GRAFT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; TISSUE GRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 84898881592     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu015     Document Type: Article

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