Gender selection of embryos after PGD for other independent medical reasons - A viewpoint from Singapore [4]

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 392-393

  Heng, Boon Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LETTER; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SINGAPORE; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 33645056933     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61020-6     Document Type: Letter

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