Preventing Age Related Fertility Loss
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (730 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3319148567 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 170 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the Back CoverThis unique book provides expert advice on all the different aspects related to fertility preservation for age related infertility. Although, there is a lot of information about fertility preservation for cancer treatment available, there is little information for young women.While men have been able to cryopreserve sperm since the 1950s, women have only recently gained the opportunity to preserve their gametes through the egg vitrification technique. Therefore, many women confronted with a risk of imminent fertility loss, such as chemotherapy, are now freezing their oocytes instead of embryos. Successful oocyte cryopreservation offers them a reproductive autonomy independent of
He is a member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology board-certified subspecialist in reproductive medicine and surgery. His main clinical and research interests include gynaecology and ovary freezing.. He joined the Centre for Reproductive Medicine of the Free University of Brussels in 2008 where he is currently a professor. Dominic Stoop took his medical degree in
This unique book provides expert advice on all the different aspects related to fertility preservation for age related infertility. This patient population is unique as compared to other patients in the fertility clinic as they perform a preventive treatment. Moreover, it now enables single women to preserve their reproductive chances. The most important threat for female fertility is ovarian aging as it causes a progressive decline in the reproductive chances. Although, there is a lot of information available on the Internet and in books about fertility preservation for cancer treatment, little information is available for young women that are confronted with a ticking biological