Autotransplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue-effective method of fertility preservation in cancer patients

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-47

  Gamzatova, Zaynab ^a,b   Komlichenko, Eduard ^a,b   Kostareva, Anna ^a   Galagudza, Mikhail ^a   Ulrikh, Elena ^c   Zubareva, Tatiana ^a   Sheveleva, Tatiana ^a   Nezhentseva, Elena ^b   Kalinina, Evgenia ^a  

^a ALMAZOV NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Russian Federation)

^b NORTH WESTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER I I MECHNIKOV   (Russian Federation)

^c N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Fertility preservation; Ovarian tissue transplantation; Radiotherapy; Standard freezing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CELL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OVARIAN PRESERVATION; OVARY AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; OVARY FUNCTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VITRIFICATION; FEMALE; NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSPLANTATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OVARY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 84907058017     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2014.945789     Document Type: Article

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