Testicular biopsy and cryopreservation for fertility preservation of prepubertal boys with Klinefelter syndrome: a pro/con debate

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 249-255

  Gies, Inge ^a   Oates, Robert ^b   De Schepper, Jean ^a,c   Tournaye, Herman ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

fertility preservation; Klinefelter; prepubertal

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; APOPTOSIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ETHICS; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FIBROSIS; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TESTIS BIOPSY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; BIOPSY; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FERTILITY; GENETICS; INFERTILITY, MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976547493     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.12.011     Document Type: Review

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