Gender selection: Ethical, scientific, legal, and practical issues

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 443-446

  Meseguer, Marcos ^a   Garrido, Nicolás ^a   Remohí, José ^a   Simón, Carlos ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender selection; Preimplantational diagnose; Sperm sex selection

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPAIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 0036750675     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016876026359     Document Type: Review

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