Perspective in infertility: The ovarian stem cells

Journal of Ovarian Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Silvestris, Erica ^a   D'Oronzo, Stella ^a   Cafforio, Paola ^a   D'Amato, Giuseppe ^a   Loverro, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUSULFAN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DDX4 PROTEIN; METFORMIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL ISOLATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE INSEMINATION; OVARIAN CORTEX; OVARIAN STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS FUNCTION; VERY SMALL EMBRYONIC LIKE STEM CELL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; TRANSPLANTATION;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84938566939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17572215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13048-015-0184-9     Document Type: Review

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