Ethics of intergenerational (father-to-son) sperm donation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1286-1291

  Bredenoord, Annelien L ^a   Lock, Matthias T W T ^a   Broekmans, Frank J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Ethics; Gamete donation; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SPERM DONOR;

EID: 84860162900     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des071     Document Type: Article

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