Transplantations of frozen-thawed ovarian tissue demonstrate high reproductive performance and the need to revise restrictive criteria

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 467-474

  Meirow, Dror ^a   Ra'anani, Hila ^a   Shapira, Moran ^a   Brenghausen, Masha ^a   Derech Chaim, Sanaz ^a   Aviel Ronen, Sarit ^a   Amariglio, Ninette ^a   Schiff, Eyal ^a   Orvieto, Raoul ^a   Dor, Jehoshua ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryopreserved Ovarian Tissue; Fertility Preservation; Pregnancy; Safety; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHLORMETHINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FREEZE THAWING; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; LIVE BIRTH; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OVARIAN FUNCTION TEST; OVARIAN TISSUE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; RETRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TWINS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ISRAEL; MATERNAL AGE; NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; REIMPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ISRAEL; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPLANTATION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976510303     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.04.031     Document Type: Article

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