A European perspective on testicular tissue cryopreservation for fertility preservation in prepubertal and adolescent boys

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2463-2475

  Picton, Helen M ^a   Wyns, Christine ^b,c   Anderson, Richard A ^d   Goossens, Ellen ^e   Jahnukainen, Kirsi ^f,g   Kliesch, Sabine ^h   Mitchell, Rod T ^d   Pennings, G ⁱ   Rives, Natalie ^j   Tournaye, Herman ^k   Van Pelt, Ans M M ^l   Eichenlaub Ritter, Ursula ^m   Schlatt, Stefan ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^j ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^k CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^l ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^m BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

adolescents; boys; cryopreservation; fertility preservation; spermatogonial stem cell; testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRYOPRESERVATION; EUROPE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PREPUBERTY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTICULAR TISSUE CRYOPRESERVATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; CHILD; PROCEDURES; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; EUROPE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; MALE; TESTIS;

EID: 84946429934     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev190     Document Type: Article

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