Female fertility: Is it safe to “freeze?”

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 390-397

  Zhang, Lu ^a   Yan, Li Ying ^a   Zhi, Xu ^a   Yan, Jie ^a   Qiao, Jie ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Embryo cryopreservation; Oocyte cryopreservation; Ovarian tissue cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DATA PROCESSING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO FREEZING; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION; FREEZE THAWING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINDLE CELL; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VITRIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; OOCYTE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVARY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84922464677     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.150115     Document Type: Article

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