Counselling couples and donors for oocyte donation: The decision to use either known or anonymous oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 476-484

  Baetens, P ^a   Devroey, P ^a   Camus, M ^a,b   Van Steirteghem, A C ^b   Ponjaert Kristoffersen, I ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Counselling; Oocyte donation; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0033967448     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.2.476     Document Type: Article

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