Ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation: A Realistic, effective technology for fertility preservation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1154, Issue , 2014, Pages 455-473

  Meirow, Dror ^a   Ra’Anani, Hila ^a   Biderman, Hannah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fertility; Ovarian tissue cryopreservation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FREEZE THAWING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN TISSUE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OVARY; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY;

EID: 84907058736     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0659-8_21     Document Type: Article

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