'Saviour siblings'? the distinction between PGD with HLA tissue typing and preimplantation HLA tissue typing: Winner of the Max Charlesworth prize essay 2006

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Liu, Crystal K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Genetic screening; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Legislation; Preimplantation diagnosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347235516     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-007-9034-9     Document Type: Article

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