Clinical and biochemical correlates of successful semen collection for cryopreservation from 12-18-year-old patients: A single-center study of 86 adolescents

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2031-2038

  Hagenäs, Isabella ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^a   Rechnitzer, Catherine ^b   Sommer, Peter ^b   Holm, Mette ^b   Schmiegelow, Kjeld ^b   Daugaard, Gedske ^b   Jacobsen, Niels ^c   Juul, Anders ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; cryopreservation; infertility; sperm concentration; testis size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MASTURBATION; SPERM DONOR; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 77954988436     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq147     Document Type: Article

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