We evaluated reproductive function in 27 male long-term survivors of childhood cancer treated during the prepubertal and pubertal period. Sperm samples were obtained from 23 patients; four who refused to provide specimens indicated that they had fathered normal healthy children. Thirteen patients we
Gonadal function recovery in very long-term male survivors of childhood cancer
β Scribed by van Dorp, Wendy; van der Geest, Ivana M.M.; Laven, Joop S.E.; Hop, Wim C.J.; Neggers, Sebastian J.C.M.M.; de Vries, Andrica C.H.; Pieters, Rob; van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Marry M.
- Book ID
- 125463225
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 346 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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