Stem cells as new agents for the treatment of infertility: Current and future perspectives and challenges

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Volarevic, Vladislav ^a   Bojic, Sanja ^a   Nurkovic, Jasmin ^a   Volarevic, Ana ^a   Ljujic, Biljana ^a   Arsenijevic, Nebojsa ^a   Lako, Majlinda ^b   Stojkovic, Miodrag ^a,c  

^a University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Spebo Medical   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL REGENERATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GAMETE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MALE; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84899995333     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/507234     Document Type: Review

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