A European perspective on testicular tissue cryopreservation for fertility preservation in prepubertal and adolescent boys

2015345 citationsReviewbronze Open Access

Authors

Helen M. Picton · University of Leeds

Christine Wyns · UCLouvain

Richard A. Anderson · University of Edinburgh

Ellen Goossens · Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Kirsi Jahnukainen · Karolinska Institutet

Sabine Kliesch

Rod T. Mitchell · Queen's Medical Centre

Abstract

The clinical and research questions identified and the ethical and legal issues raised are highly relevant to the multi-disciplinary teams developing treatment strategies to preserve the fertility of prepubertal and adolescent boys who have a high risk of fertility loss due to ablative interventions, trauma or genetic pre-disposition.

Topics & Keywords

Sperm and Testicular Function Reproductive Biology and Fertility Reproductive Health and Technologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Human Reproduction

Volume 30, Issue 11, pp. 2463-2475

DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev190

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