Can pubertal boys with Klinefelter syndrome benefit from spermatogonial stem cell banking?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-330

  Van Saen, D ^a   Gies, I ^b   De Schepper, J ^a,b   Tournaye, H ^a,c   Goossens, E ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

fertility preservation; immunohistochemistry; Klinefelter syndrome; spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FOLLITROPIN; HEMATOXYLIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN B; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 4; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FIBROSIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TESTIS; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 84855871070     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der425     Document Type: Article

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