Spare embryos: Symbols of respect for humanity and freezing in the pronuclear stage

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1841-1842

  Koninckx, P R ^a   Schotsmans, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; SHORT SURVEY; FREEZING; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FREEZING; HUMANS;

EID: 0030227194     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019503     Document Type: Short Survey

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