Gamete donation: Parents' experiences of searching for their child's donor siblings and donor

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 505-516

  Freeman, T ^a   Jadva, V ^a   Kramer, W ^b   Golombok, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Donor Sibling Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Donor; Donor conception; Parent; Sibling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DONOR; FEMALE; GAMETE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIAN; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; SINGLE PARENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449141118     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den469     Document Type: Article

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