Semen banking in patients with cancer: 20-year experience

International Journal of Andrology, Supplement

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 16-19

  Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Male infertility; Sperm cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; TESTIS CANCER;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEMEN PRESERVATION;

EID: 0034115283     PISSN: 13504908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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