Preservation of fertility in pediatric and adolescent patients with cancer

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Fallat, Mary E ^a   Hutter, John ^a  

^a Section on Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer survivor; Childhood; Fertility; Infertility; Late effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ETHICS; FEMALE; GONAD; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; NEOPLASM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SPERM PRESERVATION; SURVIVOR; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; ETHICS; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SURVIVORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 44449158969     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0593     Document Type: Article

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