Survival and growth of human preantral follicles after cryopreservation of ovarian tissue, follicle isolation and short-term xenografting

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 425-432

  Paulini, Fernanda ^a   Vilela, Janice M V ^a,b   Chiti, Maria Costanza ^a   Donnez, Jacques ^c   Jadoul, Pascale ^a,d   Dolmans, Marie Madeleine ^a,d   Amorim, Christiani A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c Society for Research into Infertility   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

artificial ovary; cancer; fertility preservation; fibrin matrix; hyaluronic acid; mouse

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; THROMBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FIBRIN CLOT; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN TISSUE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREANTRAL FOLLICLE; THAWING; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TUNEL ASSAY; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUDE MOUSE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FIBRIN; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, NUDE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 84975454482     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2016.05.003     Document Type: Article

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