Patients' attitudes towards donation of surplus cryopreserved embryos for treatment or research

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2415-2419

  Bangsboll S ^a   Pinborg, A ^a   Andersen, C Yding ^a   Andersen, A Nyboe ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryopreserved embryos; Embryo donation; Infertility treatment; Research; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELIVERY; DENMARK; DISEASE DURATION; DONOR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERM DONOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STORAGE; TIME;

EID: 6444243142     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh441     Document Type: Article

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