Testicular tissue cryopreservation in boys. Ethical and legal issues

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1416-1420

  Bahadur, G ^a   Chatterjee, R ^a   Ralph, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boys; Counselling; Cryopreservation; Ethics; Testicular tissue

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

EID: 0034034365     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.6.1416     Document Type: Article

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