Indicators of male fertility potential in adult patients with beta-thalassemia major: a comparative study between patients undergone allogeneic stem cell transplantation and transfusion-dependent patients

Indicators of male fertility potential in adult patients with beta-thalassemia major: a comparative study between patients undergone allogeneic stem cell transplantation and transfusion-dependent patients

Abstract Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the only potentially curative treatment for thalassemia major (TM). Infertility and its indicators have been assessed in transfusion dependent TM men, but in this study, we sought to compare the fertility indicator...

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Main Authors: Tahereh Rostami, Mohammad Amir Mohammadifard, Shahla Ansari, Azadeh Kiumarsi, Nasrollah Maleki, Amir Kasaeian, Fatemeh Aghamahdi, Soroush Rad, Ardeshir Ghavamzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:Fertility Research and Practice
Subjects:
Thalassemia
HSCT
Fertility
Gonadal failure
Spermatogenesis, Tanner stage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40738-020-00071-6

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