Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue for fertility preservation in a large cohort of young girls: Focus on pubertal development

Human Reproduction

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 154-164

  Jensen, A K ^a   Rechnitzer, C ^a   Macklon, K T ^a   Ifversen, M R S ^a   Birkebaek N ^b   Clausen, N ^b   Sorensen K ^a   Fedder, J ^c   Ernst, E ^b   Andersen, C Yding ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cancer; chemotherapy; fertility preservation; irradiation; ovarian cryopreservation; prepubertal patients; pubertal induction

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; IFOSFAMIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELPHALAN; TREOSULFAN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DANISH CITIZEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; METABOLIC DISORDER; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; OVARY TISSUE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PREPUBERTY; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; DENMARK; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; OVARY; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85014132288     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew273     Document Type: Article

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