Fertility preservation in children and adolescents with cancer

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-59

  Levine, J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Fertility; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULTHOOD; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GONAD; GONADOTOXICITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; NEOPLASM; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PARENTHOOD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OVUM; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEMEN PRESERVATION;

EID: 79956310090     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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