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Descriptor English: Fertility Preservation
Descriptor Spanish: Preservación de la Fertilidad
Descriptor conservación de la fertilidad
Entry term(s) congelación de espermatozoides
congelación de óvulos
preservación de la fertilidad
protección de la fertilidad
Scope note: Método que proporciona futuras oportunidades de reproducción. Normalmente, la CRIOCONSERVACIÓN de órganos o tejidos reproductores (por ejemplo, espermatozoides, óvulos, embriones y tejidos ováricos o testiculares) se realiza antes de que comience un riesgo conocido de pérdida de fertilidad (por ejemplo, quimioterapia, radioterapia o despliegue militar) para un uso futuro.
Descriptor Portuguese: Preservação da Fertilidade
Descriptor French: Préservation de la fertilité
Entry term(s): Egg Freezing
Fertility Preservations
Freezing, Egg
Freezing, Sperm
Preservation, Fertility
Preservations, Fertility
Sperm Freezing
Tree number(s): E02.875.800.625
E04.936.537.562
E05.820.800.625
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059247
Scope note: A method of providing future reproductive opportunities. Typically CRYOPRESERVATION of reproductive organs or tissues (e.g., sperm, egg, embryos and ovarian or testicular tissues) are carried out before known risk of loss of fertility (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation or military deployment) begins for future use.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Fertility (1992-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Related: Oocyte Retrieval MeSH
Organ Sparing Treatments MeSH
Sperm Retrieval MeSH
DeCS ID: 54698
Unique ID: D059247
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Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2021/03/12
Fertility Preservation - Preferred
Concept UI M0549016
Scope note A method of providing future reproductive opportunities. Typically CRYOPRESERVATION of reproductive organs or tissues (e.g., sperm, egg, embryos and ovarian or testicular tissues) are carried out before known risk of loss of fertility (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation or military deployment) begins for future use.
Preferred term Fertility Preservation
Entry term(s) Fertility Preservations
Preservation, Fertility
Preservations, Fertility
Egg Freezing - Narrower
Concept UI M000743116
Preferred term Egg Freezing
Entry term(s) Freezing, Egg
Sperm Freezing - Narrower
Concept UI M000743117
Preferred term Sperm Freezing
Entry term(s) Freezing, Sperm



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