Minimizing risk in anonymous egg donation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 504-505

  Ahuja, K K ^a,c   Simons, E G ^a   Nair, S ^b   Rimington, M R ^a   Armar, N A ^a  

^a CROMWELL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Egg donation; Egg sharing; Policy; Risk

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; NEGLIGENCE; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY CANCER; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0141921072     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62066-4     Document Type: Note

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