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Chapter 12 Human Ovarian Tissue Slow Freezing

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Cryopreservation of Mammalian Gametes and Embryos

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1568))

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Cryopreservation of human ovarian tissue is now being accepted as a mainstream ART laboratory procedure. The procedure described has been validated for use at the histological and functional level, and, recently, unequivocal evidence of preservation of primordial follicles has been demonstrated following twin births from cryopreserved ovarian tissue grafted at a heterotopic site.

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  1. Reproductive Services/Melbourne IVF and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Cnr Gratten Street and Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia

    Debra A. Gook

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  1. Reproductive Biology Associates, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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  2. ASTRA Fertility Group, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

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  3. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Gook, D.A. (2017). Chapter 12 Human Ovarian Tissue Slow Freezing. In: Nagy, Z., Varghese, A., Agarwal, A. (eds) Cryopreservation of Mammalian Gametes and Embryos. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1568. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6828-2_12

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