Overview
Includes both female and male fertility preservation
Includes the latest recommendations issued by prominent scientific societies (ASCO, ASRM, ESHRE)
Edited and written by key opinion leaders in the field
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Table of contents (47 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Female Fertility Preservation
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Keywords
About this book
This book comprehensively addresses female and male fertility preservation. It discusses in detail all major aspects of fertility preservation in both sexes, explains the basis of fertility preservation, and highlights the currently available techniques; further chapters are dedicated to specific diseases.
The book offers an essential reference guide for all physicians, specialists or not, seeking to improve their grasp of female and male fertility preservation.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Pasquale Patrizio is an internationally recognized, board-certified specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and Andrology, and holds a Master in Bioethics. He is a Professor and Director of the Yale University Fertility Center and Fertility Preservation Program. He is an associate editor for the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, and a section editor for both the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Reproductive BioMedicine Online. He was a founding member of the International Society for Fertility Preservation (ISFP) and served as President from 2015 to 2016. He has authored 6 books, nearly 500 articles and book chapters, and holds 2 US patents (in diagnostics and therapeutics). Among his many contributions to the field, he co-pioneered the Microsurgical Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (MESA) technique; discovered that congenital absence of the vas deferens is a mild, genital form of cystic fibrosis; reported on microdeletions on the Yq chromosome responsible for severe oligospermia; introduced methods for assessing oocyte quality using genetic analysis of cumulus cells; and identified causes of oocyte aging as secondary to follicular and cumulus cell hypoxia. His main research interests include: Improving the efficiency of ART, ovarian aging, fertility preservation strategies for cancer and non-medical conditions, ovarian and testicular tissue vitrification, and methods for freeze-drying gametes and stem cells.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Female and Male Fertility Preservation
Editors: Michael Grynberg, Pasquale Patrizio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47767-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47766-0Published: 22 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47769-1Published: 23 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47767-7Published: 01 January 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 658
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour
Topics: Reproductive Medicine, Embryology, Oncology, Gynecology, Andrology