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. 2014 Jan;123(1):221-222.
doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000441355.66434.6d.

ACOG: Committee Opinion No. 584: oocyte cryopreservation

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ACOG: Committee Opinion No. 584: oocyte cryopreservation

No authors listed. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

: In 2013, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology published a joint document, Mature Oocyte Cryopreservation: A Guideline, which addresses advances in techniques to freeze human eggs that have resulted in significant recent improvements in pregnancy success. Based on the current state of evidence, modern procedures to cryopreserve oocytes should no longer be considered experimental. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Committee on Gynecologic Practice endorses the joint document and encourages its use by Fellows. There are not yet sufficient data to recommend oocyte cryopreservation for the sole purpose of circumventing reproductive aging in healthy women.

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