Oocyte cryopreservation as alternative to embryo cryopreservation - Some pertinent ethical concerns

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 402-403

  Heng, Boon Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION; SAFETY; THAWING;

EID: 33947537174     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60885-1     Document Type: Letter

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