The feasibility of fertility preservation in adolescents with Klinefelter syndrome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1468-1479

  Rives, N ^a,b,c   Milazzo, J P ^a,b,c   Perdrix, A ^a,b,c   Castanet, M ^a   Joly Helas G ^a   Sibert, L ^a,b,c   Bironneau, A ^a,b,c   Way, A ^a,b,c   MacE B ^a,b,c  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

adolescent; fertility preservation; klinefelter syndrome; testicular sperm extraction; testicular tissue preservation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 4; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 4 ANTIBODY; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERM CELL; HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LAMINA PROPRIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PARENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS BIOPSY; AGE; COMPLICATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AZOOSPERMIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84878295750     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det084     Document Type: Article

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