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Fertility preservation refers to any intervention that preserves biologic potential for parenthood among women undergoing surgical resection of gonads, gonadotoxic chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. In this chapter, we will briefly cover current approaches of female fertility preservation.
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Shazly, S., Laughlin-Tommaso, S.K. (2020). Fertility Preservation. In: Gynecology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41128-2_14
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