Attitudes and practices of oncologists toward fertility preservation

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-207

  Arafa, Mostafa A ^a   Rabah, Danny M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabic countries; fertility preservation; knowledge and practice; ovarian cryopreservation; sperm cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OVARIAN PRESERVATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 79954416285     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182068047     Document Type: Article

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