Posthumous reproduction: Current and future status

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 863-871

  Land, Spencer ^a   Ross, Lawrence S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CADAVER; CRYOPRESERVATION; GAMETE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERM PRESERVATION;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTHUMOUS CONCEPTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036867601     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00082-4     Document Type: Review

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