Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for elective sex selection, the IVF market economy, and the child - Another long day's journey into night?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 433-437

  Sills, E Scott ^a   Palermo, Gianpiero D ^b  

^a Georgia Reproductive Specialists LLC   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; IVF; PGD; Sex selection

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMETE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MORALITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPERM; ARTICLE; ETHICS; FAMILY SIZE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PREGNANCY;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 0036750179     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016819908612     Document Type: Review

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