Deciding the fate of supernumerary frozen embryos: Parents' choices

Human Fertility

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 185-190

  Melamed, Rose Maria Massaro ^a   Bonetti, Tatiana Carvalho De Sousa ^b   De Almeida Ferreira Braga, Daniela ^b   Madaschi, Camila ^c   Iaconelli, Assumpto ^d   Borges, Edson ^a,b  

^a Fertility Assisted Fertilization Center   (Brazil)

^b Educational and Research Center in Assisted Reproduction   (Brazil)

^c IVF Laboratory

^d Clinical Directory ^*

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Counseling; Embryo cryopreservation; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COUNSELING; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 73549101282     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647270903377186     Document Type: Article

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