Should non-patient volunteers donate eggs?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-280

  Rimington, M R ^a   Ahuja, Kamal K ^a   Simons, E G ^b   Bowen Simpkins, P ^c   Nair, S ^c   Armar, N A ^a   Gill, A ^b   Arian Schad, M ^a   Wilcox, M ^d  

^a CROMWELL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Grange Veterinary Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Nuffield Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Anonymity; Egg donation; Egg sharing; Payments; Risks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; OOCYTE DONATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037561084     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61845-7     Document Type: Article

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