Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 505-506 , August 2004

Normal semen parameters in cancer patients presenting for cryopreservation before gonadotoxic therapy

  • Omid Rofeim, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, New York, USA
    • ,
  • Bruce R Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, New York, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bruce R. Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D., 900 Northern Boulevard, Suite 230, Great Neck, New York 11021, USA (FAX: 516-487-2007).

Received 15 April 2003 ,Revised 11 December 2003 ,Accepted 11 December 2003.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)00726-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.12.045

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 505-506 , August 2004

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