Sperm banking in adolescent males with nephrotic syndrome: Defining the limits of access to fertility preservation

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 765-766

  Miller, Steven David ^a   Ginsberg, Jill P ^a   Caplan, Arthur ^b   Meyers, Kevin E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ALKYLATING AGENTS; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; SPERM BANKS;

EID: 84866062197     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301545     Document Type: Editorial

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