Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , July 2008

Cryopreservation and xenotransplantation of human ovarian tissue: an ultrastructural study

  • Stefania A. Nottola, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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  • Alessandra Camboni, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
    • Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Anne Van Langendonckt, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Dominique Demylle, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Guido Macchiarelli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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  • Marie-Madeleine Dolmans, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Belen Martinez-Madrid, V.M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Silvia Correr, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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  • Jacques Donnez, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jacques Donnez, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Gynecology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium (FAX: 32-2-764-95-07).

Received 20 September 2006 ,Revised 23 March 2007 ,Accepted 29 May 2007.

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 Drs. Nottola and Camboni have contributed equally to this article.

 Supported by grants from the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (No. 7.4519.04 and No. 7.4547.06), the Fondation St. Luc, the Belgian Federation Against Cancer, Baron Albert Frère and Comte de Spoelberch, the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (PRIN funds 2001–2003 and university grants 2002–2004), and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: VII Executive Programme of Scientific Collaboration between Italy and the French-speaking Community of Belgium 2005–2006.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01238-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.069

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , July 2008