Ovarian adult stem cells: Hope or pitfall?

Journal of Ovarian Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gheorghisan Galateanu, Ancuta Augustina ^a,b   Hinescu, Mihail Eugen ^a,c   Enciu, Ana Maria ^a,c  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b C I PARHON NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Romania)

^c VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Adult oogenesis; Adult stem cells; Fertility; Human ovary; Oocytes; Ovarian stem cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL NICHE; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OVARY; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 84924035401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17572215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-2215-7-71     Document Type: Review

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