Some perils of "waiting to be born": Fertility preservation in girls facing certain treatments for cancer

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 30-32

  Cohen, Cynthia B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; NOTE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SURVIVOR;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICE; NEOPLASMS; OOCYTES; OVARY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RATS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 50149090238     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802248237     Document Type: Note

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