Assisted procreation in cases of hepatitis B, hepatitis C or human immunodeficiency virus infection of the male partner

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1117-1121

  Honeck, Patrick ^a,b   Weigel, M ^a   Kwon, S T ^a   Alken, P ^a   Bross, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assisted procreation; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; HIV; Male infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEXUALITY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33645804628     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei459     Document Type: Article

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