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Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation

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Success in cryopreservation of ovarian tissue in animal models has been applied to human female ovarian tissue cryopreservation. Investigation of this type of tissue freezing provides hope to young women facing a cancer diagnosis.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Mohamed A. Bedaiwy MD, PhD (REI Fellow)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Gihan M. Bareh MD (Resident), Katherine J. Rodewald MD (Attending) & William W. Hurd MD, MSc (Professor)

  3. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Ashok Agarwal PhD, HCLD

  4. Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology and Women’s Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Ashok Agarwal PhD, HCLD

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  1. Mohamed A. Bedaiwy MD, PhD
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Correspondence to Mohamed A. Bedaiwy MD, PhD .

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  1. School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Yale University, Cedar St. 333, New Haven, 06510, Connecticut, USA

    Emre Seli

  2. , Director, Center for Reproductive, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 44195, Ohio, USA

    Ashok Agarwal

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Bedaiwy, M.A., Bareh, G.M., Rodewald, K.J., Hurd, W.W., Agarwal, A. (2012). Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation. In: Seli, E., Agarwal, A. (eds) Fertility Preservation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1783-6_30

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