Reconsidering the number of offspring per gamete donor in the Dutch open-identity system

Human Fertility

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-114

  Janssens, Pim M W ^a   Nap, Annemiek W ^b   Bancsi, Laszlo F J M M ^b  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Rijnstate ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anonymity; considerations; donor children; guidelines; limits; offspring; open identity; Semen; sperm donation

Indexed keywords

ANONYMOUS DONOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONSANGUINITY; DONOR; FEMALE; GAMETE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OPEN IDENTITY SPERM DONOR; PROGENY;

CONFIDENTIALITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 79958054271     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2011.577886     Document Type: Article

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