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Oocyte cryopreservation entails important potential advantages for humanIVF, offering a less ethically disputable alternative to embryo cryopreservation,simplifying and making safer oocyte donation, and giving an opportunity forfertility preservation to women at risk of premature ovarian failure as an effectof genetic factors or chemo- or radiotherapies. Oocyte cryopreservation couldalso meet the expectations of women wishing to preserve their fertility forsocial reasons. In the last few years, advances in cryopreservationmethodologies have dramatically improved the efficiency of oocytecryopreservation, leading to the birth of over a thousand babies andchallenging the supremacy of embryo cryopreservation as the preferredform of fertility preservation. This text has been conceived with the aim of offering a comprehensive view of the state of the art of oocyte cryopreservation. It covers fundamental concepts of low temperature storage (controlled rate slow cooling andvitrification), aspects of oocyte physiology relevant to the process ofcryopreservation, essential biological and clinical evidence, and ethicalimplications of oocyte cryopreservation, thereby providing a completeoverview of progress in this strategy in assisted reproduction.
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Preservation of Human Oocytes From Cryobiology Science to Clinical Applications
Edited by
Andrea Borini Giovanni Coticchio
Preservation of Human Oocytes
Reproductive Medicine and Assisted Reproductive Techniques Series Series editors David Gardner, University of Melbourne, Australia
Jan Gerris, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
Zeev Shoham, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel
Titles 1. Jan Gerris, Annick Delvigne, François Olivennes Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome, ISBN: 9781842143285 2. Alastair G Sutcliffe Health and Welfare of ART Children, ISBN 9780415379304 3. Seang Lin Tan, Ri-Chen Chian, William Buckett In-vitro Maturation of Human Oocytes, ISBN: 9781842143322 4. Christoph Keck, Clemens Tempfer, Jen-Noel Hugues Conservative Infertility Management, ISBN: 9780415384513 5. Carlos Simon, Antonio Pellicer Stem Cells in Human Reproduction, ISBN: 9780415397773 6. Kay Elder, Jacques Cohen Human Preimplantation Embryo Selection, ISBN: 9780415399739 7. Michael Tucker, Juergen Liebermann Vitrification in Assisted Reproduction, ISBN: 9780415408820 8. John D Aplin, Asgerally T Fazleabas, Stanley R Glasser, Linda C Giudice The Endometrium, Second Edition, ISBN: 9780415385831 9. Adam H Balen Infertility in Practice, Third Edition, ISBN: 9780415450676 10. Nick Macklon, Ian Greer, Eric Steegers Textbook of Periconceptional Medicine, ISBN: 9780415458924 11. Carlos Simon, Antonio Pellicer Stem Cells in Human Reproduction, Second Edition, ISBN: 9780415471718 12. Andrea Borini, Giovanni Coticchio Preservation of Human Oocytes, ISBN 9780415476799
Preservation of Human Oocytes Edited by
Andrea Borini and Giovanni Coticchio Tecnobios Procreazione Centre for Reproductive Health Bologna, Italy
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