Octuplets and ethics

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 970-972

  Strong, Carson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032730795     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00469-0     Document Type: Editorial

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