Semen characteristics of transwomen referred for sperm banking before sex transition: A case series

Andrologia

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 832-838

  Hamada, A ^a,e   Kingsberg, S ^b   Wierckx, K ^c   T'Sjoen, G ^c   De Sutter, P ^c   Knudson, G ^d   Agarwal, A ^e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; Gender reassignment; Semen analysis; Sperm cryopreservation; Transwomen

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSGENDER; MASTURBATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTHER; OLIGOSPERMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTAL PAIN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSSEXUALISM; VARICOCELECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938227156     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12330     Document Type: Article

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