Some psychological aspects of oocyte donation from known donors on altruistic basis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 323-327

  Khamsi, Firouz ^a   Endman, Maxine W ^a   Lacanna, Iara C ^a   Wong, Jeremy ^a  

^a Toronto Fertility Sterility Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altruistic basis; Known donors; Oocyte donation; Psychological aspects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EID: 0030759245     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81523-3     Document Type: Article

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