Social egg freezing: For better, not for worse

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 824-829

  Mertes, Heidi ^a   Pennings, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cryostorage; fertility decline; fertility preservation; oocyte cryopreservation; reproductive aging; social egg freezing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNITY WARD; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 83755222743     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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