Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1297-1298 , April 2009

Fertility issues in men with cystic fibrosis: survey of knowledge and opinion of patients

  • Kiran Popli, M.R.C.O.G.

      Affiliations

    • Newcastle Fertility Centre at Life, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kiran Popli, M.R.C.O.G., Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, United Kingdom (FAX: +44-1642-854191).
    • ,
  • Stephen Bourke, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Jane Stewart, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Newcastle Fertility Centre at Life, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Received 18 November 2007 ,Revised 11 January 2008 ,Accepted 11 January 2008.

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 K.P. has nothing to disclose. S.B. has nothing to disclose. J.S. has nothing to disclose.

 Presented at the 21st Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Anaheim, California, October 3 to 6, 2007.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00143-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.048

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1297-1298 , April 2009

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