Open AccessBirth of offspring following transplantation of cryopreserved immature testicular pieces and in-vitro microinsemination
Author(s) -
Takashi Shinohara
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/17.12.3039
Subject(s) - cryopreservation , andrology , offspring , transplantation , sperm bank , spermatogenesis , biology , sperm , fertility preservation , fertility , medicine , embryo , pregnancy , population , genetics , environmental health
Fertility protection is an urgent clinical problem for prepubertal male oncology patients who undergo either chemotherapy or radiotherapy. As these patients do not have mature sperm to be frozen, there is as yet no effective method to preserve their fertility.
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