Embryo donation: Attitudes toward donation procedures and factors predicting willingness to donate

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 878-884

  Newton, Christopher R ^a,b   McDermid, Ann ^a   Tekpetey, Francis ^a   Tummon, Ian S ^c  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo donation; Patiet attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE DONATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037385857     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg169     Document Type: Article

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