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Combined strategy for fertility preservation in an oncologic patient: vitrification of in vitro matured oocytes and ovarian tissue freezing

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Acknowledgments

This work was performed under the auspices of “Catedra d’Investigació en Obstetricia, Ginecología i Reproducció” of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, USP-Institut Universitari Dexeus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Service of Reproductive Medicine, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain

    Clara González, Marta Devesa, Montserrat Boada, Buenaventura Coroleu, Anna Veiga & Pere N. Barri

  2. CMRB, Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Anna Veiga

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Capsule In vitro matured oocyte vitrification combined with ovarian tissue cryopreservation represents a strategy for fertility preservation when ovarian stimulation is contraindicated.

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González, C., Devesa, M., Boada, M. et al. Combined strategy for fertility preservation in an oncologic patient: vitrification of in vitro matured oocytes and ovarian tissue freezing. J Assist Reprod Genet 28, 1147–1149 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-011-9628-3

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