Handbook of human oocyte cryopreservation

Human oocyte cryopreservation has undergone rapid growth, with technical improvement and increasing clinical application over the last ten years. Storing eggs is ethical and gives many young women their most realistic chance of conception. Cryopreservation, however, is still considered by many as an...

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Otros Autores: Porcu, Eleonora, autor (autor), Ciotti, Patrizia, autor, Venturoli, Stefano, autor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2013.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge medicine.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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  • Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Why freeze human eggs? Clinical and biological indications for human oocyte cryopreservation; 2. Natural history of human oocyte cryopreservation; 3. Clinical management of oocyte cryopreservation; 4. Laboratory management of oocyte cryopreservation; 5. Slow freezing and rapid thawing; 6. Vitrification/warming; 7. Comparison between slow freezing and vitrification: pros and cons; 8. Safety of storage; 9. Database; 10. Physician-embryologists cooperation for optimal management of the oocyte cryopreservation program; 11. Costs; 12. Staff; 13. Secrets and tricks of oocyte cryopreservation; Index.