Do men undergoing sterilizing cancer treatments have a fertile future?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3250-3255

  Naysmith, Tracy E ^a   Blake, Deborah A ^a   Harvey, Vernon J ^b   Johnson, Neil P ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer chemotherapy; Cancer radiotherapy; Fertility; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Semen cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 0031751348     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.11.3250     Document Type: Article

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