Will removal of anonymity influence the recruitment of egg donors? A survey of past donors and recipients

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-329

  Craft, Ian ^a   Flyckt, Sofia ^a   Heeley, Gosia ^a   Layland, Sarah ^a   Thornhill, Alan ^a   Kelada, Ehab ^a  

^a London Fertility Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Donor anonymity; Egg sharing

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; OOCYTE DONATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT; SPERM DONOR; SUBFERTILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 14944350453     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61791-9     Document Type: Article

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