The shared donor oocyte program: The advantages and insights it provides in determining etiologic factors of infertility

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 229-234

  Check, J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donors; Implantation disorders; Oocyte recipients

Indexed keywords

DONOR; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTE DONATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036988549     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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