Ovulation suppression to protect against chemotherapy-induced ovarian toxicity: Helpful or just hopeful?

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-542

  Hughes, Edward G ^a,b   Neal, Michael S ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre for Reproductive Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRYOPRESERVATION; EDITORIAL; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY DISEASE; OVULATION INHIBITION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEOPLASMS; OVARY; OVULATION INHIBITION;

EID: 54449096338     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmn039     Document Type: Editorial

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