Ethics of testicular stem cell medicine

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2702-2710

  Bahadur, Gulam ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Cancer patients; Ethics; Risks; Safety; Testicular stem cells

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTRACEPTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GERM CELL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATENT; PATIENT RIGHT; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREGNANCY; PREPUBERTY; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SAFETY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS CELL; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 11144337454     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh538     Document Type: Article

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