Preimplantation sex selection demand and preferences in an infertility population

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 649-658

  Jain, Tarun ^a,b   Missmer, Stacey A ^a   Gupta, Raina S ^a   Hornstein, Mark D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Ethics; Gender selection; Infertility; IVF; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Sperm sorting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; NULLIPARA; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 14844288380     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

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