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Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue
Author(s) -
Wood Carl E,
Shaw Jillian M,
Trounson Alan O
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb123166.x
Subject(s) - cryopreservation , ovarian tissue , ovarian tissue cryopreservation , premature ovarian failure , andrology , ovarian follicle , embryo cryopreservation , fertility preservation , ovary , medicine , embryo , biology , fertility , gynecology , microbiology and biotechnology , population , environmental health
Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue is a potential alternative or addition to cryopreservation of embryos or oocytes for sustaining fertility in women at risk of premature ovarian failure. Grafts of cryopreserved ovarian tissue have resulted in live‐born mice and sheep. While human applications are in their infancy, frozen human ovarian tissue grafted to the kidney capsules of immunodeficient mice has produced normally developing ovarian follicles.