86 successful births and 9 ongoing pregnancies worldwide in women transplanted with frozen-thawed ovarian tissue: Focus on birth and perinatal outcome in 40 of these children

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 325-336

  Jensen, Annette Klüver ^a   Macklon, Kirsten Tryde ^a   Fedder, Jens ^b   Ernst, Erik ^c   Humaidan, Peter ^d,e   Andersen, Claus Yding ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Deliveries; Fertility preservation; Ovarian tissue transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY TISSUE; OVARY TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; META ANALYSIS; OVARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 85007489268     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-016-0843-9     Document Type: Article

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