Preservation of fertility in adults and children diagnosed with cancer

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7677, 2008, Pages 1045-1048

  Hart, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Fertility Specialists of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AZOOSPERMIA; BREAST CANCER; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MYOFIBROSIS; MYOMETRIUM; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS CANCER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 55949124787     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2045     Document Type: Review

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