Fertility preservation in the age of assisted reproductive technologies

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-54

  Brezina, Paul R ^a,b,c   Kutteh, William H ^a,b,c   Bailey, Amelia P ^c   Ding, Jianchi ^c   Ke, Raymond W ^a,b,c   Klosky, James L ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Fertility Associates of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cryopreservation; Egg; Fertility preservation; Freezing; Oncology; Oocyte; Sperm

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; METHOTREXATE; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

AMENORRHEA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; GENETIC DISORDER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MASTURBATION; MENSTRUATION; OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVULATION; POSTHUMOUS CONCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERM CRYOPRESERVATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; UTERINE TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS SURGERY; VITRIFICATION; AGONISTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS; UTERUS;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RECEPTORS, LHRH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM BANKS; UTERUS;

EID: 84922629753     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: 15580474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2014.09.004     Document Type: Review

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