Risks in medically assisted procreation in case of positivity for HIV, hepatitis C virus or hepatitis B virus. The French law;Risques de l'assistance médicale à la procréation en cas d'infection par le VIH, les virus des hépatites C ou B. Qu'apporte la loi Française par l'arrêté de 2001?

Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 410-421

  Sifer, C ^a   Cassuto, G ^b   Poncelet, C ^a   Naouri, M ^a   Neuraz, A ^a   Alvarez, S ^a   Bouret, D ^b   Devaux, A ^a   Madelenat, P ^a   Feldmann, G ^a   Benifla J L ^c  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Laboratoire Drouot   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROTHSCHILD   (France)

Author keywords

French law; HBV; HCV; HIV; Medically assisted procreation; Viral risk

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRANCE; GAMETE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LAW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 10744221090     PISSN: 12979589     EISSN: 17696682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-9589(03)00097-3     Document Type: Article

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