Oocyte cryopreservation for age-related fertility loss

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1231-1237

  Dondorp, W ^a   De Wert, G ^a   Pennings, G ^b   Shenfield, F ^c   Devroey, P ^d   Tarlatzis, B ^e   Barri, P ^f   Diedrich, K ^g  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Reproductive Medicine Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e Geniki Kliniki   (Greece)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethics; Fertility preservation; Non medical reasons; Oocyte cryopreservation; Oocyte vitrification

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NON MALEFICENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT INFORMATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SAFETY; SOCIETY;

EID: 84860195583     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des029     Document Type: Article

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