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REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 548-551Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.01.007
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AGE banking; age-related fertility decline; elective freezing; fertility preservation; ovarian ageing; social freezing
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The scope of female fertility preservation through cryopreservation of oocytes or ovarian cortex has widened from mainly oncological indications to a variety of fertility-threatening conditions. So far, no specific universally accepted denomination name has been given to cryopreservation of oocytes or ovarian cortex for the prevention of age-related fertility decline. We argue that the commonly used phrases 'social' and 'nonmedical freezing' to denote the indication for cryopreservation are not entirely correct. We suggest 'AGE banking', as this has not only the advantage of being catchy but also depicts the exact indication for the strategy, anticipated gamete exhaustion. (c) 2014, Reproductive Healthcare Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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