Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 3 , Pages 640-645 , March 2006

Sperm cryopreservation in oncological patients: a 14-year follow-up study

  • Marcos Meseguer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Universitario Valenciano de Infertilidad, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    • Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marcos Meseguer, Ph.D., Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Plaza de la Policía Local, 3, Valencia 46015, Spain (FAX: 34 96 3050999)
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  • Nancy Molina, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Universitario Valenciano de Infertilidad, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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  • Juan A. García-Velasco, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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  • Jose Remohí

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Universitario Valenciano de Infertilidad, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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  • Antonio Pellicer

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Universitario Valenciano de Infertilidad, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    • Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain
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  • Nicolás Garrido, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Universitario Valenciano de Infertilidad, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    • Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Spain

Received 19 January 2005 ,Revised 8 August 2005 ,Accepted 8 August 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)03936-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.08.022

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 3 , Pages 640-645 , March 2006

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