Ethical considerations on preimplantation genetic diagnosis for HLA typing to match a future child as a donor of haematopoietic stem cells to a sibling

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 534-538

  Pennings, G ^a,b   Schots, R ^a   Liebaers, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethics; Haematopoietic stem cells; HLA matching; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; EMBRYO; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HLA MATCHING; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIBLING; STANDARD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WELFARE;

EID: 0036119697     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.3.534     Document Type: Review

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