Who abandons embryos after IVF?

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Walsh, A P H ^a,b   Tsar, O M ^c   Walsh, D J ^a,b   Baldwin, P M ^b   Shkrobot, L V ^b   Sills, E S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Sims International Fertility Clinic   (Ireland)

^c DANYLO HALYTSKY LVIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DATA BASE; DEATH; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRELAND; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANCY RATE; REGISTER; SPOUSE; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; MALE;

EID: 77953238142     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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