Spontaneous fertility in a male thalassemic patient after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

Patients with thalassemia major who received allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation are at increased risk of gonadal insufficiency and reduced fertility due to the toxicity of both the transfusional iron overload and the gonadotoxic effects of drugs used in the conditioning regimen. We presen...

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Main Authors: Nicoletta Iacovidou, Maria Kollia, Emmeleia Nana, Theodora Boutsikou, Christos Savvidis, Antonis Kattamis, Dimitra Kyriakopoulou, Vassilis Ladis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-11-01
Series:Thalassemia Reports
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/thal/article/view/7090