A zygote is not an embryo: Ethical and legal considerations

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-16

  Tesarik, Jan ^a   Greco, Ermanno ^b  

^a Molecular Assisted Reproduction and Genetics   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Early life protection; Embryo; Ethics; Infertility treatment; Law; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLONING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL; ZYGOTE;

EID: 3242675169     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62103-7     Document Type: Article

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