Cryopreservation of testicular tissue in pediatrics: Practical and ethical issues

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1524-1527

  Di Pietro, Maria Luisa ^a   Teleman, Adele A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Male fertility preservation; Pediatric cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO PROPAGATION; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TESTIS; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUBERTY; RADIOTHERAPY; TESTIS; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 84884577001     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.794211     Document Type: Article

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