Preservation of menstrual function in adolescent and young females

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1135, Issue , 2008, Pages 237-243

  Oktem, Ozgur ^a,b   Oktay, Kutluk ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION   (United States)

^c Institute for Fertility Preservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Fertility preservation; Menstrual function; Ovarian cryopreservation; Ovary; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; OOCYTE PRESERVATION; OVARIOPEXY; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERUS SURGERY;

EID: 45549100978     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1429.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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