%0 Journal Article
%T Cryopreservation of Human Ovarian Tissue: A Review
%A Carolina M. Lucci
%A Christiani A. Amorim
%A Ellen Cristina Rivas Leonel
%J Archive of "Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy".
%D 2019
%R 10.1159/000499054
%X Cryopreservation of human ovarian tissue has been increasingly applied worldwide to safeguard fertility in cancer patients, notably in young girls and women who cannot delay the onset of their treatment. Moreover, it has been proposed to patients with benign pathologies with a risk of premature ovarian insufficiency. So far, more than 130 live births have been reported after transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue, and almost all patients recovered their ovarian function after tissue reimplantation
%K Ovarian tissue
%K Fertility preservation
%K Cancer
%K Freezing
%K Vitrification
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558345/