Cancer Risk in Male Factor-infertility

Placenta

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages 178-183

  Negri, L ^a   Benaglia, R ^a   Fiamengo, B ^a   Pizzocaro, A ^a   Albani, E ^a   Levi Setti, P E ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Male infertility; Microlithiasis; Testicular calcifications; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOID TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CALCIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPERPLASIA; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STONE FORMATION; TESTICULAR SELF EXAMINATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCROTUM; TESTICULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51349108651     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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