Gonadal tissue cryopreservation in boys with paediatric cancers

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-17

  Bahadur, G ^a   Ralph, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Children; Cryopreservation; Fertility

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRYOPRESERVATION; GERM CELL; GONAD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SPERMATID; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0032945460     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.1.11     Document Type: Review

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